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Children from Low Income Households Show elevated Mental Health Difficulties in Lockdown
Anxiety COVID-19 Child and adolescent Early intervention Mental Health Psychological therapy
17 September 2020
Emotional and restless/attention difficulties and behaviour difficulties for primary school aged children were consistently elevated among children and young people from low income households over a month of lockdown, according to the most recent report from the Co-SPACE study.
Power Posing and Paranoia
Mental Health Psychological therapy
11 August 2020
A new study investigates the impact of power posing - the holding of wide and expansive postures - on self-reported feelings of power and the subsequent effect on paranoia.
Mood Homeostasis Decreases During Lockdown
COVID-19 Mental Health Mood Disorders Psychological therapy
29 July 2020
The decrease in mood homeostasis due to lockdown translates (in simulations) into 3 times more episodes of depressed mood, according to a study, published in JAMA Psychiatry, led by Dr Maxime Taquet, University of Oxford.
Children Show Increase in Mental Health Difficulties Over COVID-19 Lockdown – Same Pattern Not Seen in Teenagers
Anxiety COVID-19 Child and adolescent Early intervention Mental Health Psychological therapy
22 June 2020
Parents/carers of children aged 4-10 years of age reported that over a one-month period in lockdown, they saw increases in their child’s emotional difficulties, such as feeling unhappy, worried, being clingy and experiencing physical symptoms associated with worry.
Half of UK Parents Uncomfortable with Children Returning to School after COVID-19 Lockdown
Anxiety COVID-19 Child and adolescent Early intervention Mental Health Psychological therapy
3 June 2020
Half of UK parents do not feel comfortable about their children attending school following lockdown, according to early results from a new study asking parents and carers about their children’s mental health through the COVID-19 crisis.
People with Eating Disorders at Risk of Symptoms Becoming More Severe and Relapse
COVID-19 Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) Mental Health Psychological therapy
9 April 2020
Adjusting to daily life with social isolation and lockdown has its challenges and the dramatic situation that we find ourselves in because of the COVID-19 pandemic, means people with eating disorders are at risk of their disorder becoming more severe or relapsing.
Virtual reality and real-world health - IF Oxford Science and Ideas Festival 2019
Child and adolescent Events Mental Health Psychological therapy Virtual reality
25 October 2019
Find out how virtual reality (VR) is used in research to help build confidence and reduce stress in young people. Visit Julia Badger, Lucy Bowes and Aitor Rovira at their IF Festival stand on 28 October between 11 am and 4 pm. Put on a headset, test your reactions and see how your body responds.
Switching Perceptions wins Vice-Chancellor’s Public Engagement Award - engaging through art in psychiatric illnesses
Awards Events Mental Health Patient involvement Psychological therapy
10 July 2019
Associate Professor Liz Tunbridge, Department of Psychiatry, has won a Project Award in this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Public Engagement with Research Awards, alongside artist Eleanor Minney. The work of Liz and Eleanor was recognised in the Projects Awards category for activities that have engaged in public dialogue and consultation.
Self-harm in Children and Adolescents: A Major Health and Social Problem of our Time
Mental Health Psychological therapy Self-harm Suicide
1 July 2019
In the Jack Tizard Memorial Lecture during the Association for Child and Mental Health National Conference at the Royal College of Physicians, Professor Keith Hawton, highlighted the very worrying recent increases in rates of suicide in England in older adolescents and the big rise in self-harm in young teenage females.
Virtual Reality Could Transform Psychological Therapy in the NHS
Anxiety Early intervention Mental Health Psychological therapy Schizophrenia Virtual reality
27 June 2019
A new clinical trial is testing a virtual reality (VR) based psychological therapy for people with severe mental health difficulties. gameChange is the largest ever clinical trial of virtual reality for a mental health disorder. Automated delivery of therapy using VR has potential to transform NHS provision of psychological therapy.