David Gyllenberg
MD, PhD
Areas of expertise
developmental psychiatry; epidemiology; register-based research
developmental psychiatry; epidemiology; register-based research
Biography
I received my MD and PhD degrees from the University of Helsinki in 2009 and 2012, respectively. Between 2013 and 2015, I did a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship at Columbia University in New York. In 2017 I received the title of docent in developmental psychiatry at the University of Turku.
Research
My main research interests include studying the service use and early risk factors of psychiatric and neurodevelopmental problems among young people. In a current project we are applying data-driven analytic methods to population-based cohorts.
Teaching
At the Research Centre for Child Psychiatry, I hold journal club sessions for residents in child psychiatry and various workshops related to research in developmental psychiatry.
Publications 
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- SSRI use during pregnancy and maternal depression – a nationwide birth cohort study on risks to the mother and the newborn (2026)
- American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFMEuropean Child and Adolescent PsychiatryActa Psychiatrica Scandinavica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Children and Young Adults Who Used Medication for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Faced Increased Cardiac Risks (2025)
- Acta Paediatrica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Psykiatrisen hoidon tarve (2025) Lastenpsykiatria ja nuorisopsykiatria Gyllenberg, David; Marttunen, Mauri; Sourander, Andre
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - Self‐reported changes in adolescent mental health, deliberate self‐harm, substance use, and help‐seeking behavior before and after the COVID‐19 pandemic – A Finnish time‐trend study (2025)
- Child and Adolescent Mental HealthBritish Journal of Psychiatry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Autismikirjon yhteys kehityksellisiin ja psykiatrisiin häiriöihin sekä itsetuhoisuuteen (2024)
- Duodecim
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Enrollment and completion rates of a nationwide guided digital parenting program for children with disruptive behavior before and during COVID-19 (2024)
- European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Incidence and trend of cardiac events among children and young adults exposed to psychopharmacological treatment (2006–2018): A nationwide register‐based study (2024)
- British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Temporal changes in the associations between diagnosed psychiatric disorders and dropping out of school early (2024)
- European Child and Adolescent PsychiatryNeuvola ja kouluterveys
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Comparison of new psychiatric diagnoses among Finnish children and adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide register-based study (2023)
- PLoS Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Maternal SSRI use during pregnancy and offspring depression or anxiety disorders: A review of the literature and description of a study protocol for a register-based cohort studyPotential for prediction of psychosis and bipolar disorder in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: a longitudinal register study of all people born in Finland in 1987 (2023)
- Reproductive ToxicologyWorld Psychiatry
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Mielenterveyttä koronan aikaan - pandemiatieto voi vahvistaa nuorten mielenterveyspalvelujen kriisinkestävyyttä (2023)
- Duodecim
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Psychotic Disorders in Adolescence and Later Long-term Exclusion From Education and EmploymentSchool performance and later diagnoses of nonaffective psychoses, bipolar disorder, and depression (2023)
- Schizophrenia Bulletin
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A systematic review of the mental health changes of children and young people before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Pandemia heikensi lasten ja nuorten mielenterveyttä2022
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - (2022)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Psychiatric disorders diagnosed in adolescence and subsequent long-term exclusion from education, employment or training: longitudinal national birth cohort study (2022)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Registered psychiatric service use, self-harm and suicides of children and young people aged 0-24 before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review (2022)
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - (2022)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The association between treated psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders and out-of-home care among Finnish children born in 1997 (2022)
- European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Time trends in treated incidence, sociodemographic risk factors and comorbidities: a Finnish nationwide study on anxiety disorders (2022)
- BMC Psychiatry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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