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    Vladislav Ruchkin, MD, PhD

    Associate Professor at the Dept. of Child Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Sweden

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    Titles

    Associate Professor at the Dept. of Child Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Sweden; Forensic psychiatrist at the Forensic Psychiatric Clinic Sater, Sweden

    Biography

    Vladislav Ruchkin, MD, PhD, is a child psychiatrist, psychiatrist and forensic psychiatrist. He received his MD at the Arkhangelsk State Medical Institute, Russia, and his PhD in psychiatric epidemiology from Umea University, Sweden. He came to Yale as a Fulbright scholar in 1999, conducted his postdoctoral studies at the Child Study Center in 1999-2003 and has been a member of the faculty at the CSC since 2003.

    Appointments

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    Education & Training

    Clinical Fellow in Forensic Psychiatry
    The National Board of Forensic Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden (2011)
    Postdoctoral Fellow in Child Psychiatry
    Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (2003)
    PhD
    Umeå University (1998)
    PhD
    Arkhangelsk State Medical Institute (1997)
    Clinical and Research Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
    Arkhangelsk State Medical Academy, Arkhangelsk, Russia (1996)
    Resident in Psychiatry
    Regional Psychiatric Hospital #1, Arkhangelsk region, Russia (1994)
    MD
    Arkhangelsk State Medical Institute (1993)

    Research

    Overview

    Medical Research Interests

    Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders; Child Behavior Disorders; Child Rearing; Human Development; Mental Health; Personality; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychological Tests; Reactive Attachment Disorder; Stress Disorders, Traumatic

    Public Health Interests

    Child/Adolescent Health; Behavioral Health; Genetics, Genomics, Epigenetics; Epidemiology Methods; Substance Use, Addiction; Health Equity, Disparities, Social Determinants and Justice; Global Health; Mental Health

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Vladislav Ruchkin's published research.

    Publications

    2024

    2023

    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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      Children of the Street in Mexico-city: Exposure to Violence and Mental Health

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      Community-based epidemiological studies of youth

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      Child development and attachment problems in institutionalized children

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      Early precursors of behavior problems in Russian preschool children

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      Psychopathology in Russian juvenile delinquents