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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- How GPs can Recognize Persistent Frequent Attenders at Finnish Primary Health Care Using Electronic Patient Records (2021)
- Journal of Primary Care and Community HealthAmerican Journal on Addictions
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Short-term functional outcome in psychotic patients: results of the Turku early psychosis study (TEPS) (2021)
- BMC Psychiatry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Childhood physical abuse and emotional neglect are specifically associated with adult mental disorders (2020)
- Journal of Mental Health
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Toiminnalliset oireet (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) - One-session cognitive behavior treatment for long-term frequent attenders in primary care: randomized controlled trial (2019)
- Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Patient-Made Videos as a Tool of Self-Observation Enhancing Self-Reflection in Psychotherapy: Description of the Method and a Clinical Case (2019)
- Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy
(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 (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) - Effect of childhood adversities on alcohol problems is mainly mediated by depression (2018)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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