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Pimavanserin and emotional processing (PANDER) Study
Looking for: Healthy English-speaking participants aged 18-45 with no history of psychiatric (e.g., anxiety, depression) or cardiac disorders.Expenses: £135 plus reasonable travel expenses
We are investigating how a single dose of pimavanserin (a medication for Parkinson’s-related psychosis) affects emotional processing. The study will involve a 1-hour call to assess eligibility and a single in-person visit at Warneford Hospital (OX3 7JX) involving: physical checks (ECG, blood pressure, BMI), saliva samples and questionnaires, drug administration, a 4-hour break and computerised tasks.
Exploring digital technologies to capture mood, cognition, brain activity and wake/sleep patterns.
Looking for: We are looking for volunteers aged between 18-35 years who have either been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, or have no current diagnosis of a mental health disorder.Expenses: Time and travel expenses will be reimbursed.
The study is investigating regular, at-home use of digital technologies to measure brain activity, cognitive performance, mood, activity and sleep. The study involves 2 in-person sessions, each approximately 2 hours, at the Warneford Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7JX. You will be provided with devices to use during your daily life over a 7-week period.
Trauma-related shame study
Looking for: UK-based adults (18+) who have a diagnosis of Complex PTSD or experience current difficulties that might be linked to sustained or interpersonal trauma who have not started a trauma-focussed therapy.Expenses: n/a, questionnaires take 10-15 minutes to complete.
The effects of citalopram on the brain's response to faces
Looking for: Healthy volunteers, without a history of a mental health disorder (like depression), fluent English-speaking, not pregnant, and aged 18 to 40 years.Expenses: You will be compensated for your time and reimbursed reasonable travel expenses.
If you are healthy, without a history of a mental health disorder (like depression), fluent English-speaking, not pregnant, and aged 18 to 40 years, we invite you to take part in a study to investigate the effects of a single dose of citalopram (a medication for depression) on the brain's response to faces using the 7T MRI scanner.
Effort and Antidepressant Study Test (EAST)
Looking for: Volunteers aged 18-40 years old, with no previous history of mental illness (for example depression)Expenses: £140 + reasonable travel expenses
The study will take place at Warneford Hospital, and it requires a screening phone call plus 2 in-person visits and will involve a brain scan and a series of computer-based tasks.
Computational Mechanisms underlying human facial emotion recognition
Looking for: Healthy volunteers who are 18-65 years old, fluent in English, do not take any psychoactive medication, do not smoke >5 cigarettes per day, and are not diagnosed with a neurological or psychiatric conditionExpenses: Participants will be reimbursed for their time and local/reasonable travel expenses
Understanding facial expressions is something all living beings do. It helps us figure out how others feel and how to best respond to social cues around us. We know that many chemicals regulate emotion recognition in our brains, but we do not know exactly how. In this study, our goal is to use eye movement data to build a model that helps us understand how evidence accumulates in the brain when recognising emotions. This will help us get a clearer picture of how different brain chemicals collectively play a role in this process.
Nitrous oxide and EMOtional cogntion (NEMO) Study
Looking for: Healthy individuals aged 18-40Expenses: You will receive at least £150 for your time, and reasonable travel expenses will be reimbursed.
The ROSES Study on Sexual Pain
Looking for: Two groups of people: 1) Women (18+) who have one or more diagnosed sexual pain condition such as vaginismus, dyspareunia, and/or vulvodynia/vestibulodynia and associated symptoms. 2) Healthy women (18+) who do not have and have never had any of these diagnoses or associated symptoms.Expenses: No expenses paid as survey is completed online, with no anticipated out of pocket expenses for participants.
Participants will be asked to fill in an online survey which will ask about how they relate to themselves, particularly their bodies and physical appearance, and about their sexual functioning. This may help us develop better treatment options for individuals with sexual pain. This study is funded by the Health Education England Oxford Clinical Psychology training course. You may ask any questions before deciding to take part by contacting the lead researcher at natascha.niekamp@hmc.ox.ac.uk. This is the link to the study: https://forms.office.com/e/Wr81SXmLdL
GLADE (Glutamate Activity in Depression study)
Looking for: Healthy individuals aged 18-70, who have recovered from depression and have been free of antidepressant medication use for at least 3 months, or who have never experienced depression.Expenses: Upon completion of all your visits, you will receive £30 for your participation. In case you are screened but do not fulfil the study criteria, you will still be reimbursed £10 for your time. Reasonable travel expenses will also be reimbursed.
Study involves a screening visit online or in-person at Warneford Hospital. If deemed eligible, a research visit at the Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB) at the John Radcliffe Hospital will be offered, which will last around 1.5 - 2 hours. This involves being scanned by an MRS machine whilst viewing a visual stimulus.
GLAD (Genetic Links to Anxiety and Depression)
Looking for: Individuals who have experienced or are experiencing anxiety or depressive disorders (with or without a medical diagnosis) and Individuals who have never experienced any mental health disorderExpenses: None
The Genetic Links to Anxiety and Depression (GLAD) Study is a project set up to support studies exploring risk factors for depression and/or anxiety. Participants in GLAD are asked to complete a questionnaire, provide a saliva sample and give permission for the study to access to relevant NHS health records.
AADAPT Online - Addressing Young Mums’ & Dads’ Low Mood or Stress And their ParenTing
Looking for: Parents aged 16 - 24 years who have had a baby born in the last 12 months who feel low in mood.Expenses: You will be reimbursed for completing some questionnaires and recording some short videos of you playing with your baby.
The AADAPT study aims to see whether a new way to support parents aged 16-24 years who are experiencing low mood and stress is helpful. We would like to see whether an online package of information and activities, supported by volunteer parents who were previously young parents themselves (Parent Buddies) is more helpful than a control group. Could you help us by taking part?
PEACE Study: healthy volunteers
Looking for: Healthy volunteers aged 18 - 65 years oldExpenses: Volunteers may be reimbursed between £265-£355 and reasonable travel expenses will be paid separately
We are looking for healthy volunteers to help understand how the brain works.
Brain Health Centre: healthy volunteers study
Looking for: Volunteers aged 16 years of age and overExpenses: Participants will be reimbursed for reasonable travel expenses and £10 per hour of participation.
Researchers at the University of Oxford are looking for volunteers, aged 16 years or over, to have an MRI brain scan, to help develop ways to measure brain health. For info, email: sameera.shabir@psych.ox.ac.uk
Emotional Processing and Biomarkers Study
Looking for: Healthy people aged 16-35 years old.Expenses: You will be reimbursed for your time!
We are looking for healthy volunteers aged 16-35 years to take part in a study investigating how levels of certain proteins, so-called growth factors, influence how we process emotional information. The study involves one session of about 3 1/2 hours at the Department of Psychiatry in Headington, Oxford, including a battery of questionnaires and computer games and a small blood sample. The findings might ultimately help develop a simple blood test indicating the risk of developing anxiety in the future.
Losartan and Emotional Learning
Looking for: Healthy adults aged 18 - 50Expenses: You will be reimbursed for your time and reasonable travel costs.
We are looking for volunteers aged 18-50 years and fluent in English to take part in a study investigating how a single dose of the medication Losartan affects certain aspects of learning and memory, which we know are important for psychological treatment to work. Losartan is currently used to treat high blood pressure. However, we think that it may also enhance the effectiveness of psychological treatments such as Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy. The study involves one online screening and one face-to-face testing session of about 2-3 hours in total.
Parent mentors required to support young parents with low mood
Looking for: Parents who are 24 – 35 years who had their first child under the age of 25 years and have experienced low mood at some point whilst being a parent (does not have to have been formally diagnosed).Expenses: You will be reimbursed for undertaking training and for each session of support provided to a mentee.
Are you interested in supporting young parents? The AADAPT study aims to see whether a new way to support parents aged 16-24 years who are experiencing low mood and stress is helpful. We would like to see whether an online package of information and activities, supported by volunteer parents who were previously young parents themselves (Parent Buddies) is more helpful than a control group. Could you be a Parent Buddy and help young parents with the support package?
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) study
Looking for: Researchers at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford are seeking right-handed volunteers aged 18-45 years with symptoms of low mood for a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) study.Expenses: We will compensate you for your time and reasonable travel costs for every session (including the online screening session via MS Teams).
The overall motivation for this study is to improve treatment for people suffering from depression. The purpose of this study is to test if novel brain stimulation changes emotion recognition. The study involves Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), in which we place a stimulation coil over the head, which generates a magnetic field that passes painlessly through the skull to stimulate the brain. The effect lasts for a few minutes. Participants do not normally notice any effect of stimulation, though some may experience short-lasting discomfort during TMS, which can usually be alleviated by adjusting the coil position. By conducting this research, we hope to better understand the effect of brain stimulation on emotional processing, which will inform efforts to improve the treatment of depression.
Communicating health-related information: the CICERO online randomised controlled trial
Looking for: Participants must be between 18 and 65 yearsExpenses: No
How the benefits and harms of medical interventions are communicated affects how well patients understand it and can impact their decision-making and confidence. The CICERO study will compare three different ways of communicating available information on medical interventions. The study consists of a single session lasting about 20 minutes.
Healthy Volunteers Needed For Study Of Reward and Emotion.
Looking for: People who are healthy with no history of psychological disorder.Expenses: Time and travel expenses will be reimbursed.
We are looking for healthy volunteers aged between 18 and 40 years of age for a study investigating the effects of a single dose of a drug called selegiline on reward and emotional processing. Time and travel expenses will be reimbursed.
Volunteers Needed For Parkinsons Disease Study.
Looking for: Individuals aged 50-75 who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in the last 6 years, to take part in a research study assessing the effects of their usual medication on learning and memory.Expenses: Time and travel expenses will be reimbursed.
If you express interest, you will be invited to come to the Department of Psychiatry at the Warneford Hospital for 3 study sessions. The first would be an initial screening visit to assess your eligibility to take part. If eligible, you would be invited for a further 2 sessions. One would be shortly after you have taken your usual medication, and the other would be conducted when you are in an ‘off-medication state. This would involve missing/delaying your usual medication for a few hours. Each session would take 2-3 hours of your time and will involve completing a set of computer-based tasks. These sessions would be scheduled approx. 2-3 weeks apart.