Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre
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World-leading international research centre in the field of ESSENCE (neurodevelopmental disorders) with its main hub in Sweden.
The GNC at Sahlgrenska Academy is a platform for conducting research aimed at developing and establishing new methods for early intervention, examination, investigation and intervention/treatment in the fields of neuropsychiatry and developmental neurology ("ESSENCE", i.e. Early Symptomatic Syndromes Eliciting Neurodevelopmental Clinical Examinations). World-leading research is currently being conducted at the GNC on for example autism, ADHD, motor abnormalities, tics and obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders and conduct disorders.
News
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Health and medicineChristopher Gillberg awarded prize in the spirit of Arvid Carlsson
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Sustainability and environmentLong-term medication for ADHD shown to improve daily functioning
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Press releaseArvid Carlsson Award 2024
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Health and medicineUlrika Schachinger Lorentzon successfully defends her thesis
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Health and medicine“Treating Autism with Bumetanide” - New book co-authored by GNCs Nouchine Hadjikhani -
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Health and medicineEva Billstedt has been awarded 2,134,000 Swedish krona in research funding for the project 'Children with autism grow up'.
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Health and medicinePetra Linnsand successfully defends her thesis
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Health and medicineAutism a greater problem now than before? On autism, school performance and mental health issues over time
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Health and medicineLinda Häger successfully defends her thesis
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Health and medicineLisa Dinkler now assistant professor at Karolinska Institutet
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ESSENCE diagnoses
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (External link)
- ADHD (External link)
- Language Disorder/DLD
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder (External link)
- Anorexia nervosa (External link)
- Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (External link)
- PANS and PANDAS (External link)
- Mild intellectual disability (External link)
- All diagnoses (External link)
Our research programmes
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Published work
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