Heidi Taipale

Background

About Heidi Taipale

My main research interest is in the field of psychiatric pharmacoepidemiology. The overall goal of my research is to investigate topics which are important for clinical practice and for individuals living with psychiatric disorders, and to improve patient care and health. My current projects include studies on effectiveness and safety of medications for severe mental disorders such as psychotic disorders and bipolar disorder, by utilizing large-scale population-based data (e.g. national health registers). We also aim to construct clinical prediction models to enhance treatment planning on individual-level. Current projects include:*clozapine *repurposing of medications for severe mental disorders *women's health in severe mental disorders *severe mental disorders with concomitant cannabis use disorder *substance-induced psychosis *employment in bipolar disorder With my team, we are also developing new methods for register-based research. We have published open-source PRE2DUP-R method for constructing treatment episodes from register-based dispensing data: https://piavat.github.io/PRE2DUP-R/ I have published more than 250 research articles, please see updated list at my ResearchGate: