Prospective birth cohort studies are longitudinal research studies that follow a group of
individuals from birth throughout their lifespan, collecting data on various factors over time …

OBJECTIVES In prospective follow-up studies, participants are normally contacted during
the follow-up period. Even though the idea is not to intervene, the studies conducted during …

Aims In most population-based epidemiological follow-up studies the aim is not to intervene
in the life of the participants. Although the idea is not to intervene, being a member of the …

Objective The aim of this study was to explore changes in the incidences of childhood and
early adulthood hospital‐treated psychiatric disorders in five large Finnish birth cohorts of …

Background: Psychiatric disorders tend to be developmental, and longitudinal settings are
required to examine predictors of psychiatric phenomena. Replicating and combining data …

Background Most mental disorders start in childhood and adolescence. Risk factors are
prenatal and perinatal, genetic as well as environmental and family related. Research …

The causes of mental disorders are multifactorial including genetic and environmental
exposures, parental psychopathology being the greatest risk factor for their offspring. We set …

Background We studied the association between participation in the longitudinal follow-up
study and cardiometabolic disorders in two longitudinal studies which started prospectively …

Background Mortality among patients with mental disorders is higher than in general
population. By using national longitudinal registers, we studied mortality changes and …

Objective: Most mental disorders, when examined individually, are associated with an
increased risk of cardiometabolic complications. However, these associations might be …