Here is a list of our publications in English, please note that a full list of our publications can be found on our Finnish website.
Lampela, S., Marttinen, M., Noreen, S., Parhiala, P., Lammintakanen, J., Granö, N., Linnaranta, O. & Ranta, K. (2026). Feasibility and effectiveness of a developmentally oriented school-based intervention for adolescents with social anxiety disorder. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist. 2026;19:e34.
Martikainen, S., Karhunen, O., Mankki, I., Gergov, V., Berg, P., Venäläinen, S., Rissanen, E., Lammintakanen, J., Heinonen, E., Lehtinen, A., Pöntinen, J., Asikainen, H., Katajavuori, N., Linnaranta, O., Räisänen, M., Salminen, S. & Lahti, J. (2026). Interventions for Students’ Well-Being at the University of Helsinki (INSIGHT): Protocol and Preliminary Descriptive Results for a Quasi-Experimental Controlled Trial of a Social Identity Intervention and Two Active Comparators, JMIR Res Protoc 2026;15:e79319.
Ranta, K., Marttunen, M., Lampela, S., Noreen, S. & Granö, N. (2026). Group cognitive therapy for social anxiety disorder among adolescents treated at routine adolescent psychiatric services: preliminary effects and implementation model. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 80(3), 141–150.
Huikko, E., Marttunen, M., Ahlgrén-Rimpiläinen, A., Aalto-Setälä, T. & Lämsä, R. (2026). Use of multiple services from childhood to early adulthood among violent juvenile offenders: a document-based descriptive study. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health. 2026 Jul 20. doi: 10.1186/s13034-026-01140-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42477722.
Mahdi, S. Md (2026). Understanding University Students’ Mental Health Trajectories Over Time : The Role of Minority Identity and Social Support. Master’s thesis.
Aktar, A. (2026). Student Motivation as a Predictor of the Working Alliance in Student Well-being Services at the University of Helsinki. Master’s thesis.
Venäläinen, S., Calder-Dawe, O., Berg, P. & Carlson, T. (2026). Multiplicities in research with young people: Bridging participatory traditions and new materialism via two case studies. Methods in Psychology, Vol 14, June 2026.
Rissanen, A. O., Venäläinen, S., & Berg, P. (2026). ‘You Get the Feeling That They Don’t Really Get it’: LGBTQ+ Young People’s Experiences with Mental Health Services. Feminism & Psychology.
Valjakka, R., Pylvänäinen, P., Lidgren, M., Forsblom, A., Marttunen, M. & Haravuori, H. (2026). Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of dance-movement therapy for adolescents with depression. BMC Psychol. 2026 Jan 9;14(1):189. doi: 10.1186/s40359-025-03917-0. PMID: 41507983; PMCID: PMC12882306.
Backman, H., Ranta, K., Manninen, M., Lindberg, N. & Ribeiro da Silva, D. (2025). “I saw him as a human being, just an ordinary young person” therapists’ perspectives on therapeutic alliance with youth exhibiting psychopathic traits, Psychotherapy Research 2025.
Ribeiro da Silva, D., Lindberg, N. & Garofalo, C. (2025). Exploring mental health profiles of male youth detained in forensic settings: Implications for research and clinical practice. Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol 97 (2025).
Holopainen, M., Hintsanen, M., Lahti, J., Vahlberg, T. & Volanen, S-M. (2024) Can a Universal Mindfulness Intervention in Schools Reduce ADHD Symptoms among Adolescents? A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, Early View.
Heikkilä, M., Kaunomäki, J., Lindberg, N., Lahti, J., Marttunen, M., Ranta, K., Manninen, M. & Ribeiro da Silva, D. (2024). Compassion-focused therapy with virtual reality for callous-unemotional youth: a clinical case study on the process of a young offender. Psychiatria Fennica, 55, 102-123.
Seilo, N., Mämmi, K. & Linnaranta, O. (2024). Adaption of interpersonal counselling for adolescents (IPC-A) for Finnish student welfare services – Retrospective evaluation by using an expanded framework for reporting adaptations and modifications (frame). Psychiatria Fennica, 55, 48-63.
Kiviruusu O., Aalto-Setälä T., Haravuori H., Lindgren M., Ranta K., Silén Y., Therman S., Marttunen M., Suvisaari J. Mental health after the COVID-19 pandemic among Finnish youth: a repeated, cross-sectional, population-based study. Lancet Psychiatry, Vol 11, Issue 6, 2024, 451-460.
Kulmala, M., Venäläinen, S., Hietala, O., Nikula, K., & Koskivirta, I. (2024). Lived Experience as the Basis of Collaborative Knowing. Inclusivity and Resistance to Stigma in Co-Research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 23.
Law R, Ranta K. IPT in Finland. (2024). In the book: Weissman M. et al., (ed.). IPT – A Global Reach. Oxford University Press, 300-313.
Ranta, K., Aalto-Setälä, T., Heikkinen, T. & Kiviruusu, O. (2023). Social anxiety in Finnish adolescents from 2013 to 2021: change from pre-COVID-19 to COVID-19 era, and mid-pandemic correlates. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Vol. 59, 121-136 (2024).
Granö, N., Lintula, S., Therman, S., Marttunen, M., Lång, U. & Ranta, K. (2023). Factor and network analysis of psychosis-like experiences and depressive symptoms in a sample of Finnish adolescents entering psychiatric services. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, Vol. 17, Issue 12 (2023), 1199-1206.
Gomez Cardona, L., Yang, M., Seon, Q., Karia, M., Velupillai, G., Noel, V. & Linnaranta O. (2023). The methods of improving cultural sensitivity of depression scales for use among global indigenous populations: a systematic scoping review. Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 2023;10:e83.
Alanko, K., Melander, K., Ranta, K., Engblom, J. & Kosola, S. (2023). Time trends in Adolescent School Absences and Associated Bullying Involment Between 2000 and 2019: A Nationwide Study. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev (2023).
Gergov, V., Prevendar, T., Vousoura, E., Ulberg, R., Dahl, H.-S. J., Feller, C., Jacobsen, C. F., Karain, A., Milic, B., Poznyak, E., Sacco, R., Tulbure, B. T., Camilleri, N., Liakea, I., Podina, I., Saliba, A., Torres, S. & Poulsen, S. (2023). Sociodemographic Predictors and Moderators of Treatment Outcomes of Psychotherapeutic Interventions for Young People with Mental Disorders: A Systematic Review. Adolescent Res Rev (2023).
Salusjärvi, E., Lämsä, R., Berg, P., Karukivi, M., Kouvonen, P., Marttunen, M., Miikki, R., Myllyniemi, A., Seilo, N., Tornivuori, A. & Linnaranta O. (2023). The implementation process of interventions for youth depresiion in primary healthcare – a systematic review. Inplasy protocol 202350009.
Seon, Q., Mady, N., Yang, M., Karia, M., Lashley, M., Sescu, C., Lalonde, M., Puskas, S., Outerbridge, J., Parent-Racine, E., Pagiatakis, C., Gomez-Cardona, L., Jiang, D., Bouchard, S. & Linnaranta, O. (2023). A Virtual Reality-Assisted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for and With Inuit in Guébec: Protocol for a Proof-of-Concept Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc 2023;12:e40236. JMIR Publications, Vol 12.
Lampela, S., Monthan, J., Marttunen, M., Minkkinen, J. & Ranta, K. (2022). Brief, developmentally oriented cognitive therapy for adolescents with social axiety disorder: a case series from pilot evaluation. Psychiatria Fennica, 53, 56-75.
Linnaranta, O., Ranta, K., Marttunen, M., Aalto-Setälä, T., Ståhle, M., Suvisaari , J., & Vorma , H. (2022). A national implementation of Interpersonal consulting, adolescent version (IPC-A) in Finland. Psychiatria Fennica, 53, 24-35.
Ranta, K., Parhiala, P., Law, R. & Marttunen, M. (2022). Treating adolescent depression in multi-professional school health and welfare services with IPC-A: Implementation results from a national pilot trial. Psychiatria Fennica, 53, 36-55.
