Psychiatric Epidemiology (Psychepi Sweden), Örebro University

Henrik Larsson is Professor of epidemiology. The overall objective of his research team’s work on ADHD is to understand how genes and environments influence ADHD across the life span,to map developmental consequences of ADHD and to identify the benefits and risks associated with ADHD treatment interventions.The team use large ADHD cohorts identified from national health registers,the Swedish twin register and clinical cohorts. These datasets contain valid diagnoses of ADHD,prospective measures of environmental risks,high throughput genotyping,longitudinal information on prescribed ADHD medications and assessments of serious medical (psychiatric and somatic problems) and functional (social,educational and occupational) outcomes. Henrik is a faculty member of IMPACT,ECNP,EUNETHYDIS,and the Behavioral Genetic Association