Solja Niemelä
Professor (Addiction Medicine)
solnie@utu.fi +358 40 528 1725 Kiinamyllynkatu 13 Turku Office: C5010 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1130-9161 |
Addiction Medicine; Addiction Psychiatry; Psychosis and substance use; Dual Diagnosis; Substance-induced Psychosis; Prescription Medicine Misuse; Epidemiology
PRESENT POSITION
Professor (Addiction Medicine), Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, 1.3.2023 -
Senior Physician, Addiction Psychiatry Unit, Turku University Hospital, Finland, 1.8.2018 -
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Licentiate of Medicine (MD), University of Oulu, 1996
Specialist in Psychiatry, University of Turku, 2003
Special competence in Addiction Medicine, Finnish Medical Association, 2005
Doctor of Medical Sciences (PhD), University of Turku, 2008
Adjunct Professor (Psychiatry), University of Turku, 2011
Special competence in Medical Education, Finnish Medical Association, 2012
My research group Turku Psychosis and Substance Use (TuPSU) focuses on epidemiology of substance use and psychosis.
We aim to utilize national and regional register-based datasets, which enable to study substance-induced psychosis and co-occuring substance use among persons with psychotic disorders with minimal attrition, in these otherwise difficult-to-reach populations.
The ongoing reserarch projects include e.g.:
- Substance-induced psychosis in Swedish national registeries (SIP-project). In collaboration with senior reseacher Heidi Taipale from the Karolinska Instute, Stockholm. Sweden
- Substance use in the Turku University Hospital Datalake. Extensive patient record -based dataset with over 34,000 persons with substance-use-related admission at the Turku University Hospital.
- Substance use and dual diagnosis in the Finnish SUPER study including 10, 470 patients with psychotic disorders. In collaboration with Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).
- Health Survey of Finnish Prisoners (WATTU IV). In collaboration with National Health Instutute (THL).
- Reaction Time and Visual Memory in Connection with Alcohol Use in Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder (2021)
- Brain Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The predictive capacity of AUDIT and AUDIT-C among adolescents in a one-year follow-up study (2021)
- Drug and Alcohol Dependence
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Association of age at first drink and first alcohol intoxication as predictors of mortality: a birth cohort study (2020)
- European Journal of Public Health
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Frequent Alcohol Intoxication and High Alcohol Tolerance During Adolescence as Predictors of Mortality: A Birth Cohort Study (2020)
- Journal of Adolescent Health
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Frequent intoxication and alcohol tolerance in adolescence: associations with psychiatric disorders in young adulthood (2020)
- Addiction
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Huumekuolemia voidaan ehkäistä (2020)
- Duodecim
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Mental health problems among clients with substance use problems: a nationwide time-trend study (2020)
- Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Mielenterveys- ja päihdepotilaiden tupakoinnin lopettamisen tukeminen (2020)
- Duodecim
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Päihteet ja seksuaaliterveys (2020) Seksuaalilääketiede Solja Niemelä
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - Pre-migration traumatic experiences, post-migration perceived discrimination and substance use among Russian and Kurdish migrants-a population-based study (2020)
- Addiction
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking and structural properties of the human corpus callosum (2020)
- NeuroImage
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Alkoholinkäytön hälytysrajan ylittäviä käyttäjiä on Suomessa vähintään viisi prosenttia väestöstä (2019)
- Duodecim
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Huumeiden käyttöön liittyvät psykoosit (2019)
- Lääkärilehti
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Nuorten kannabiksen käyttö, aivojen kehitys ja psykiatriset häiriöt (2019)
- Lääkärilehti
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Päihdelääketieteeseen tarvitaan osaajia (2019)
- Lääkärilehti
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - AUDIT and AUDIT-C as screening instruments for alcohol problem use in adolescents (2018)
- Drug and Alcohol Dependence
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Evidence of a Causal Relationship Between Smoking Tobacco and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (2018)
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Huumeiden ja lääkkeiden käyttö sosiaalisena ja kansanterveydellisenä ongelmana (2018) Huume- ja lääkeriippuvuudet Mauri Aalto, Hannu Alho, Solja Niemelä
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - Huume- ja lääkeriippuvuudet (2018) Mauri Aalto, Hannu Alho, Solja Niemelä
(D6 Editorial work for a professional compilation book) - Kannabisriippuvuuden hoito (2018) Huume- ja lääkeriippuvuudet Niemelä S
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book)