Sinikka Luutonen
Adjunct professor, clinical lecturer
sinluu@utu.fi ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5912-4612 |
Areas of expertise
Psychotherapy; general hospital psychiatry
Psychotherapy; general hospital psychiatry
Biography
- MD 1982
- specialist in geriatrics 1990
- PhD 1995
- specialist in psychiatry 1996
- psychotherapist 2004
- training psychotherapist 2007
- adjunct professor 2012
- clinical lecturer at the university of Turku since 1997
Research
My earliest interest in research was orthostatic hypotension in the field of geriatrics. Later on, after specializing in psychiatry, my research topics have been depression, psychosomatics and early psychosis.
Teaching
I teach medical students and residents in psychiatry. During the last years, my main interest in teaching has been psychotherapy. I am the leader of the psychotherapy training for residents in psychiatry and adolescent psychiatry at the university of Turku.
Publications 
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- Articulating the “Self”. Referring to clients in reflection sequences during Finnish psychotherapy sessions with client-made videosShort-term functional outcome in psychotic patients: results of the Turku early psychosis study (TEPS) (2023)
- Journal of PragmaticsBMC Psychiatry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Disorganized thinking and emotional poverty are primary clinical predictors of functioning in psychoses. Reanalysis of the Turku Early Psychosis Study data (2023)
- Psychiatria Fennica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Interaction between multisensory information and emotional activation in video-facilitated psychotherapy (2023)
- Counselling and Psychotherapy ResearchJournal of Mental HealthAmerican Journal on Addictions
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Terveyspalvelujen suurkäyttäjät - tunnistamaton potilasryhmä : suurkäyttäjäkriteerin tulisi perustua yhteisesti sovittuun vuosittaiseen käyntimääräänDeterminants of costs of care for patients attending primary care (2023)
- DuodecimPsychiatria Fennica
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Kraepelin and Bleuler were right: disorganised thinking and poverty of emotions, not delusions or hallucinations, are primary in psychoses
(Abstracts of 33rd Nordic Congress of Psychiatry 2021, oral presentation) (2022)- Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
(Other publication) - Masentuneen potilaan hoito videoavusteisella lyhytpsykoterapialla (2022)
- Lääkärilehti
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Psykoosipotilaiden toimintakyvyn ennuste ja sitä ennustavat tekijätOne-session cognitive behavior treatment for long-term frequent attenders in primary care: randomized controlled trial (2022)
- DuodecimScandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Facilitating psychotherapy with patient-made videos: A qualitative study of patient experiences Patient-Made Videos as a Tool of Self-Observation Enhancing Self-Reflection in Psychotherapy: Description of the Method and a Clinical Case (2021)
- European journal for qualitative research in psychotherapyJournal of Contemporary Psychotherapy
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - How GPs can Recognize Persistent Frequent Attenders at Finnish Primary Health Care Using Electronic Patient Records (2021)
- Journal of Primary Care and Community Health
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Adverse childhood experiences leads to perceived negative attitude of others and the effect of adverse childhood experiences on depression in adulthood is mediated via negative attitude of others (2021)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Childhood physical abuse and emotional neglect are specifically associated with adult mental disorders (2020)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Toiminnalliset oireetEffect of childhood adversities on alcohol problems is mainly mediated by depression (2020) Kognitiivinen psykoterapia Luutonen Sinikka, Niemi Päivi M.
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - A study on the association of psychiatric diagnoses and childhood adversities with suicide risk (2019)
- Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2019)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - 2019
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2018)
- European Psychiatry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effect of administrative information on visit rate of frequent attenders in primary health care: ten-year follow-up study (2018)
- BMC Family Practice
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2018)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2017)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2017)
- Lääkärilehti
(D1 Article in a professional journal)
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