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Eeva-Leena Kataja

University of Turku, Finland


Eeva-Leena Kataja

I am a senior researcher and a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist in the field of perinatal mental health. I am also a current president of the Finnish Perinatal Mental Health Association as well as Nordic Marcé Association for Perinatal Mental Health.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Countries Finland;
Topics Perinatal mental health;
Methods Cost analysis; Economic evaluation; Prevalence study;
Role Research;
Interest Groups Global Perinatal Mental Health;
Websitehttp://www.finnbrain.fi
ORC.IDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9324-380X
Key publications

Nolvi S, Merz E C, Kataja E-L., Parsons C. Prenatal Stress and the Developing Brain: Postnatal Environments Promoting Resilience. Biological Psychiatry. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.11.023

Tuulari, J.J., Bourgery, M., Iversen, J., Gade Koefoed, T., Ahonen, A., Ahmedani, A., Kataja, E-L., Karlsson, L., Barrés, R., Karlsson, H., & Kotaja, N. Exposure to childhood maltreatment is associated with specific epigenetic patterns in sperm. Mol Psychiatry (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-024-02872-3

Mondolin V, Karlsson H, Perasto L, Tuulari J, Karlsson L and Kataja,E-L. (2024) Understanding Resilience in Parents: Longitudinal Examination of Trait Resilience, Stressful Life Events, and Psychological Distress Symptoms—Insights From the FinnBrain Study. Stress and Health e3516.https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3516

Lahtela H, Flykt M, Nolvi S, Kataja EL, Eskola E, Tervahartiala K, Pelto J, Carter AS, Karlsson H, Karlsson L, Korja R. Mother-Infant Interaction and Maternal Postnatal Psychological Distress Associate with Child’s Social-Emotional Development During Early Childhood: A FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2024 Apr 16. doi: 10.1007/s10578-024- 01694-2

Huizink AC, Lammassaari D, Nolvi S, Korja R, Karlsson L, Karlsson H, & Kataja E-L. Antecedents of maternal pregnancy-related anxiety trajectories: The FinnBrain birth cohort study. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2024 Feb 18. doi: 10.1111/acps.13671

Sirkiä C, Laakkonen E, Nordenswan E, Karlsson L, Korja R, Karlsson H, & Kataja E-L. Sense of coherence, its components and depressive and anxiety symptoms in expecting women and their partners – A FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study. Sex Reprod Healthc. 2024 Mar;39:100930. doi: 10.1016/j.srhc.2023.100930

Mondolin V, Karlsson H, Tuulari JJ, Pelto J, Karlsson L, Nordenswan E, & Kataja E-L. Childhood maltreatment, trait resilience and prenatal distress among expecting mothers and fathers in the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study. J Affect Disord. 2024 Jan 1;344:41-47. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.10.026.

Korja, R., Nolvi, S., Scheinin, N.M., Tervahartiala, K., Carter, A., Karlsson, H., Kataja, E-L. & Karlsson, L. (2024) Trajectories of maternal depressive and anxiety symptoms and child’s socio-emotional outcome during early childhood. Journal of Affective Disorders. 4:S0165- 0327(23)01544-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.12.076.