2019 Most Highly Cited Researchers
5 researchers in the Department of Psychiatry are in the top one percent of the Highly Cited Researchers 2019 list.
Read moreOxford joins forces with the Palix Foundation to share knowledge about the brain and psychological science
The Palix Foundation has pledged £265,250 to support a cross-disciplinary project aimed at sharing scientific knowledge about early brain development and its effect on mental health and addiction. The project will be delivered by the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Experimental Psychology, and will unite Oxford and the foundation's shared vision of improving outcomes for children, their families and future generations.
Read moreMental Disorders Linked to Intimate Partner Violence
A new large-scale population-based study led by researchers from the University of Oxford investigated the link between nine major mental disorders and intimate partner violence perpetrated by men towards women.
Read moreAntipsychotic drugs ranked according to metabolic side effects for the first time
Analysis published in The Lancet Psychiatry has shown that there is significant difference in the way antipsychotic drugs affect body weight and levels of sugar, cholesterol and other fats in the blood.
Read moreLifetime suicide risk factors identified
A new review by researchers in the Department of Psychiatry of previous studies into suicide worldwide has highlighted the effects of individual and environmental risk factors over a lifetime.
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Lifetime suicide risk factors identified
17 January 2020
A new review by researchers in the Department of Psychiatry of previous studies into suicide worldwide has highlighted the effects of individual and environmental risk factors over a lifetime.
Management of adolescent self-harm needed to reduce suicide risk
9 January 2020
Children and adolescents who present to hospital following self-harm have an increased future risk of suicide compared with other children and adolescents, which may persist for several years, according to an observational study of more than 9,000 children and adolescents aged 10-18 years who presented to five English hospitals for non-fatal self-harm.
Mental Disorders Linked to Intimate Partner Violence
19 December 2019
A new large-scale population-based study led by researchers from the University of Oxford investigated the link between nine major mental disorders and intimate partner violence perpetrated by men towards women.
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