Dr. Catharina A. Hartman is Associate Professor of psychiatric epidemiology at the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), the Netherlands.
The overall objective of her research is to advance the understanding of the onset and long-term course of childhood-onset psychiatric disorders.
The leading hypothesis in her work is that childhood psychiatric disorders accelerate the onset of other psychiatric and somatic disorders, throughout the lifespan and across generations.
Dr Hartman’s team uses data from longitudinal studies. She has authored over 200 original peer-reviewed papers and has a broad international research network.
Her current project is Comorbidities of ADHD.
https://coca-project.eu
Individuals with anxiety, depression, substance use, mood disorders, or obesity often have an underlying condition of ADHD (attention deficit hyperactive disorder) and should be screened for ADHD symptoms. Conversely, ADHD patients and their providers should be on the lookout for the symptoms listed previously. How do we know this? Thanks to the COCA Project (comorbidities […]
