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Migrant perinatal depression study: a prospective cohort study of perinatal depression on the Thai-Myanmar border.
12 March 2018
Perinatal depression is a significant contributor to maternal morbidity. Migrant women in resource-poor settings may be at increased risk, yet little research has been conducted in low-income and middle-income settings. This prospective cohort study of migrant women on the Thai-Myanmar border aims to establish prevalence of perinatal depression, identify risk factors for perinatal depression and examine associations with infant outcomes.Participating women are labour migrants and refugees living on the Thai-Myanmar border. A total of 568 women were recruited in their first trimester of pregnancy and are being followed up to 1-year postpartum.At baseline, women in our study had a median age of 25 years, the predominant ethnicity was Sgaw Karen (48.9%), agriculture was the main employment sector (39.2%) and educational attainment was low with a median of 4 years of education. In the first trimester of pregnancy, a quarter (25.8%; 95% CI 22.3 to 29.5) of all women were depressed as diagnosed by the Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnosis of DSM-IV Disorders.Follow-up is ongoing and expected to continue until January 2018. The prevalence of depression at later stages of pregnancy and during the first postpartum year will be identified, and associations between depression status and demographic, social, migration-related, medical, obstetric and infant factors will be quantified.NCT02790905.
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The relationship between alcohol use and long-term cognitive decline in middle and late life: a longitudinal analysis using UK Biobank.
20 March 2018
Background: Using UK Biobank data, this study sought to explain the causal relationship between alcohol intake and cognitive decline in middle and older aged populations. Methods: Data from 13 342 men and women, aged between 40 and 73 years were used in regression analysis that tested the functional relationship and impact of alcohol on cognitive performance. Performance was measured using mean reaction time (RT) and intra-individual variation (IIV) in RT, collected in response to a perceptual matching task. Covariates included body mass index, physical activity, tobacco use, socioeconomic status, education and baseline cognitive function. Results: A restricted cubic spline regression with three knots showed how the linear (β1 = -0.048, 95% CI: -0.105 to -0.030) and non-linear effects (β2 = 0.035, 95% CI: 0.007-0.059) of alcohol use on mean RT and IIV in RT (β1 = -0.055, 95% CI: -0.125 to -0.034; β2 = 0.034, 95% CI: 0.002-0.064) were significant adjusting for covariates. Cognitive function declined as alcohol use increased beyond 10 g/day. Decline was more apparent as age increased. Conclusions: The relationship between alcohol use and cognitive function is non-linear. Consuming more than one UK standard unit of alcohol per day is detrimental to cognitive performance and is more pronounced in older populations.
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The evidence for lithium in suicide prevention
2 April 2018
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Network meta-analysis: drawing conclusions regarding trials of psychosocial interventions for bipolar disorder.
2 April 2018
Network meta-analysis (NMA) is a statistical technique for making direct and indirect comparisons between different treatment and control groups. Despite its many advantages, NMA may be misleading when evaluating networks that are disconnected, inconsistent or of low reliability and validity. We review how well the analysis of trials of adjunctive psychosocial treatment in bipolar disorder is served by NMA. We conclude with recommendations for future treatment trials in bipolar disorder and guidelines for NMAs.
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The evidence for lithium in suicide prevention.
26 February 2018
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BBC File on 4: Dementia - what do we know?
2 March 2016
Prof Simon Lovestone features in this investigative radio programme that explores the balance for the need for more research with the need for better care for people living with dementia.
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How internet affects young people at risk of self-harm or suicide
1 November 2013
Oxford researchers have found internet forums provide a support network for socially isolated young people. However, they also conclude that the internet is linked to an increased risk of suicide and self-harm among vulnerable adolescents.
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Stressful trigger events associated with risk of violent crime
18 July 2016
A study led, by the Department of Psychiatry's Prof Seena Fazel, suggests trigger events, including exposure to violence, were associated with increased risk of violent crime in the week following exposure among patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and among individuals without psychiatric diagnoses who were included for comparison.
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How Ruby Wax trained her brain to beat depression
3 June 2013
Mail Online, 02/06/2013, see Lydia Slater's Article on how comedian Ruby Wax has learned to manage depression through studying mindfulness and neuroscience describes how she studied on an Oxford University master’s course run by mindfulness-based cognitive therapy co-founder Professor Mark Williams.
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The impact of self-harm on the whole family
25 January 2016
Self-harm in young people is a large and growing problem. A young person’s self-harming behaviour can have an impact on the entire family, but very little research has explored this topic.
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Tetris used to prevent post-traumatic stress symptoms
3 April 2017
A single dose psychological intervention, which includes using the computer game Tetris, can prevent the unpleasant, intrusive memories that develop in some people after suffering a traumatic event.
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Bid to prevent Alzheimer’s dementia signs up first study recruit
11 May 2016
A major study to find interventions that prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s dementia has recruited its first participant.
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Top 10 Depression Research Priorities
2 February 2016
The Depression: ARQ project has identified the most important research priorities according to people affected by depression, their friends and family, and health care professionals.
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Prof Andrea Cipriani leads 4th Course in Oxford on Network Meta-Analysis
1 February 2017
Dates have been set for this year's summer school on Network Meta-Analysis
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Mental Illness Can Be Devastating, But It Gets Brighter
13 September 2015
Huffington Post UK, 11/09/2015, Daniel Morris
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Mathura Ravishankar
23 October 2013
I am working on a project titled "An Excitiation/Inhibition Study of the Autistic Brain Characterized by Magnetoencephalography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging"
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Career Development
12 April 2013
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Departmental support for maternity leave
12 April 2013
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Departmental Information
12 April 2013
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Principal investigators
12 April 2013
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PERL in Brighton at BAP 2016
21 July 2016
There was a great turnout from PERL at the British Association of Psychopharmacology in Brighton this year.
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Congratulations Dr Charlotte Cooper!
3 August 2016
Charlotte successfully defended her DPhil thesis on 3rd August 2016. Michael Browning and Carmine Pariante were her examiners and they recommended that she be awarded a DPhil with no corrections to her thesis.
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Long-term anti-psychotic treatment: time for re-evaluation
19 January 2016
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Old Age Psychiatry CPD Meeting
26 April 2017
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Gesture and Developmental Language Disorder
1 May 2018
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26 September 2014
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21 October 2016
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16 December 2015
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5 January 2018
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1 November 2012
Our mission is to teach psychiatry to medical students, develop future researchers in our graduate programme, teach doctors in training, and to promote excellence in clinical practice.
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