Prof. Jussi Jokinen

Dr. Jussi Jokinen earned his MD from the University of Helsinki, Finland and his PhD at the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. He obtained a senior researcher position in 2009 at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at the Karolinska Institutet financed by the Swedish Research Council. He became a Professor with tenure in the Department of Clinical Sciences, Psychiatry division in Umeå University in 2014. The major objective for his research is clinical suicide prevention. Several studies concern interrelationship between violence and suicide in different cohorts. He investigates risk factors for suicidal behaviors including neurobiological correlates to intermediate phenotypes in attempted suicide for treatment implications and prevention. Another major research focus is impulse control disorders and specifically compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD), a new diagnosis in ICD 11. He has several current trials concerning biomarkers, treatment and outcomes of CSBD.