Excited to share that my first PhD paper is now published in JAMA Psychiatry! 🥳 We explored sex differences in mental health problems and psychiatric hospitalization in autistic young adults aged 16 to 24 ⬇️ ja.ma/3W2qy4V

Genetic effects shared between major psychiatric disorders and a range of behavioral outcomes. Source: nature.com/articles/s4156…

Gene-environment correlation (by Midjourney's AI)

The sleep medication #melatonin is linked to decreased self-harm in young people with #anxiety and #depression, especially in girls, according to a new KI study by Sarah Bergen, Marica Leone, PhD and colleagues published in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry today. news.ki.se/use-of-melaton…

Use of Melatonin Curbs Self-Harm in Young People Learn more: bit.ly/40yMYMr Credit: Karolinska Institutet Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry #Melatonin #ADHD #psychiatry #mentalhealth #hypothesis #meded #eMedEvents

Sömnbehandling med melatonin verkar leda till att unga med självskadebeteende minskar sitt självskadebeteende, enligt en svensk studie. dagensmedicin.se/alla-nyheter/l…

Check out Sarah Bergen article on our last study. Melatonin use may reduce self-harm in young people, research shows theconversation.com/melatonin-use-… via The Conversation

In this #OpenAccess paper, Marica Leone, PhD et al. investigated whether #Melatonin, which is the most common medication for #Sleep disturbances in youth in Sweden, is associated with a decreased risk of injury. Check out the full paper to learn more. bit.ly/3lU1H6d

#OpenAccess Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health Featured Paper from Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry In this paper, Marica Leone, PhD et al. investigated whether melatonin, which is the most common medication for sleep disturbances in youth in Sweden, is associated with a decreased risk of injury. Paper: bit.ly/424Omrp .

Check out our latest paper on melatonin and self-harm in adolescents!

We are recruiting a fully funded PhD student in Genomics focusing on psychiatric genomics and working with the Estonian Biobank data! Application deadline is already 15.05.2023 ! 🧬🧠👇University of Tartu Estonian Biobank estonia.dreamapply.com/en_GB/courses/…

In this #OpenAccess Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health Featured Paper from Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Marica Leone, PhD et al. investigate whether melatonin, which is the most common medication for sleep disturbances in youth in Sweden, is associated with a decreased risk of injury. bit.ly/424Omrp

One of my favorite papers in recent years included this diagram. It shows the impact of controlling for three different types of variables: confounders, colliders, and mediators. With confounders, control is good. With the others, you ruin your result by controlling.

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In this #OpenAccess Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health Featured Paper from Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Marica Leone, PhD et al. investigate whether melatonin, which is the most common medication for sleep disturbances in youth in Sweden, is associated with a decreased risk of injury. bit.ly/424Omrp

What a treat! A free lecture on family-based designs by the leading expert Ralf Kuja-Halkola who also happens to be the nicest guy in academia:

NEW POD! Marica Leone, PhD (Karolinska Institutet @JanssenSverige Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions CapiceProject) about her Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry paper including the relationship between sleep disorders, injuries, & self-harm in young people. 'Melatonin Use & the Risk of Self-Harm & Unintentional Injuries in Youths'

In this interesting podcast, Marica Leone, PhD explores what is known about the relationship between #Sleep disorders, injuries, and self-harm in young people & shares valuable insight into her recently published Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry paper. Listen now to learn more. bit.ly/47GZxsN

In this recent ACAMH Podcast, I delved into the link between melatonin use and reduced self-harm among young patients with psychiatric disorders, especially adolescent girls with depression and anxiety. Listen and share your insights 😊

This is important! Please retweet. Many researchers have asked us to have a control comparison group recruited the same way and with the same measures. If you have never exerienced mental illness or ill-health, please consider that your contribution could help those that do!