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Parkinson’s drug effective in treating persistent depression

A drug used for Parkinson’s disease has been shown to be effective in reducing the symptoms of difficult to treat depression, in a study led by the University of Oxford.

How do vaccines reduce the risk of dementia?

Chemicals (‘adjuvants’) contained in some vaccines may be one reason, according to new study by a team at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford.

Oxford-developed support for child anxiety to be adapted for families in Chile

The successful parent-led programme, developed with support from the NIHR ARC OxTV, is being culturally adapted in a new international collaboration.

Beginnings

Listen to the late Professor Michael Gelder on how he founded the Department of Psychiatry at Oxford, 1969.