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Vladislav Ruchkin, MD, PhD

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

About

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

Other Departments & Organizations

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

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

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