Anne Amalie Elgaard Thorup PhD

Anne AE Thorup is a Specialist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, PhD, ass. Professor at the Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen. PhD thesis 2005 'Gender differences, negative symptoms and social network in patients with first-episode schizophrenia randomized to standard treatment or integrated treatment in the OPUS trial'.
From 2012 member of the PI group and the daily head of 'The Danish High Risk and Resilience Study - VIA 7' - a cohort study of 522 7 year old children born of either parents with either schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or none of these two disorders. The cohort is being followed over time, first time at age 11. A multidisciplinary, family-focused intervention study (VIA Family) for children of parents with severe mental illness is being conducted.
Special areas of interest: developmental psychopathology and early environmental risk factors, attachment, childhood trauma, family environment, social relations and social cognition, early intervention and prevention.