Marika Leppänen
 MD, PhD, child psychiatrist

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• Maternal pre- and postnatal depression and anxiety: Impacts on childhood asthma and its phenotypes  (2026)  
  • Journal of Psychosomatic Research
   Kanerva, Eetu; Lukkarinen, Minna; Leppänen, Marika; Pape, Bernd; Rautava, Päivi; Karukivi, Max
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Maternal mental health disorders associate with their child's asthma: A register-based study  (2025)  
  • Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health
   Kanerva, Eetu P.; Lukkarinen, Minna M.; Leppänen, Marika H.; Pape, Bernd K.; Rautava, Paivi T. K.; Karukivi, Max R. J.
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Trends in the incidence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and early risk factors  (2025)  
  • JCPP Advances
   Leppänen, Marika; Vuori, Miika; Pape, Bernd; Kaittila, Anniina; Kraav, Siiri‐Liisi; Tolmunen, Tommi; Anis, Merja; Karukivi, Max; Rautava, Päivi.
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Burden of mental, behavioral, and neurodevelopmental disorders in the Finnish most preterm children: a national register study  (2024)  
  • European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
   Leppänen, Marika; Pape, Bernd; Ripatti, Liisi; Karukivi, Max; Haataja, Leena; Rautava, Päivi
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Early psychosocial parent-infant interventions and parent-infant relationships after preterm birth-a scoping review  (2024)  
  • Frontiers in Psychology
   Leppänen, Marika; Korja, Riikka; Rautava, Päivi; Ahlqvist-Björkroth, Sari
  (A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )

  
  

• Longitudinal associations between parental early psychological distress and children's emotional and behavioural problems during early childhood and self-reported social functioning in 11-year-old children born very preterm  (2024)  
  • European Journal of Developmental Psychology
   Salomäki, Susanna; Junttila, Niina; Setänen, Sirkku; Rautava, Päivi; Huhtala, Mira; Leppänen, Marika; Lehtonen, Liisa; Korja, Riikka
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Maternal mental health disorders one year before and three years after childbirth are associated with offspring school-age asthma: Finnish register study  (2024)  
  • European Respiratory Journal
   Kanerva, Eetu; Leppänen, Marika; Pape, Bernd; Lukkarinen, Minna; Rautava, Päivi; Karukivi, Max
  (Abstract)

  
  

• Web-based follow-up tool (ePIPARI) of preterm infants-study protocol for feasibility and performance  (2023)  
  • BMC Pediatrics
   Saarinen Tiina, Ylijoki Milla, Lehtonen Liisa, Munck Petriina, Stolt Suvi, Lapinleimu Helena, Rautava Päivi, Haataja Leena, Setänen Sirkku, Leppänen Marika, Huhtala Mira, Saarinen Katriina, Grönroos Linda, Korja Riikka; PIPARI Study Grp
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Social functioning questionnaires of adolescents born preterm show average profiles and attenuated sex differences  (2021)  
  • Acta Paediatrica
   Susanna Salomäki, Päivi Rautava, Niina Junttila, Mira Huhtala, Marika H. Leppänen, Anna Nyman, Mari Koivisto,
  Leena Haataja, Liisa Lehtonen, Riikka Korja; the PIPARI Study Group
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Antenatal and Postnatal Growth and 5-Year Cognitive Outcome in Very Preterm Infants  (2014)  
  • Pediatrics
   Marika Leppänen, Helena Lapinleimu, Annika Lind, Jaakko Matomäki, Liisa Lehtonen, Leena Haataja and Päivi Rautava; the PIPARI Study Group
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)