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Led by Professor Andrea Cipriani the 3-day interactive course will give participants knowledge and practical skills on how to understand, critically appraise and publish a network meta-analysis.
No Evidence of Significant Increase in Risk of Suicide in First Months of Pandemic
COVID-19 Mental Health Suicide
13 April 2021
A new observational study is the first to examine suicides occurring during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in multiple countries and finds that suicide numbers largely remained unchanged or declined in the pandemic’s early months, however continued monitoring is needed.
Largest study to date suggests link between COVID-19 infection and subsequent mental health and neurological conditions
COVID-19 Mental Health
7 April 2021
One in three COVID-19 survivors received a neurological or psychiatric diagnosis within six months of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, an observational study of more than 230,000 patient health records published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal estimates.
Opportunities for Final Goodbyes Must be Prioritised in COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Mental Health
31 March 2021
Bereaved relatives described the ongoing pain of being absent at the end of a loved-one's life. Many had not seen their relative for weeks or months due to the pandemic. Opportunities must be prioritised for essential connections between families at end-of-life care.
Seven in Ten Patients Hospitalised with COVID-19 Not Fully Recovered After Five Months
COVID-19 Mental Health
29 March 2021
The majority of survivors who left hospital following COVID-19 did not fully recover five months after discharge and continued to experience negative impacts on their physical and mental health, as well as ability to work, according to results released by the PHOSP-COVID study.
Healthy Start, Happy Start Study
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Early intervention Mental Health
23 March 2021
Healthy Start, Happy start is a randomised controlled trial that tested the clinical- and cost-effectiveness of a brief parenting programme - Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline (VIPP-SD).
Oxford Awarded Major Funding to Probe Childhood Poverty and Social Inequalities
Awards Child and adolescent Mental Health
22 March 2021
Ground-breaking multi-disciplinary research is to be launched today by the University of Oxford into the impact of poverty and social inequalities in early childhood, thanks to major funding from the Leverhulme Trust.
New Way of Understanding Dissociation Could Improve Patient Care
Mental Health Psychosis
25 February 2021
New research has developed a novel measure of dissociative experiences that share a subjective 'felt sense of anomaly'. This new approach could revolutionise how clinicians understand dissociative experiences across a range of mental health disorders, and how they work with patients with dissociation in the future.
Covid-19 vaccination programme: where do people with mental health difficulties lie within the order of priority?
COVID-19 Mental Health
18 February 2021
A new blog authored by mental health clinicians and researchers in the Department of Psychiatry and Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, and published in thebmjopinion, discusses the priority groups for COVID-19 vaccinations.
New Analysis Challenges Guidelines on Treating Anorexia Nervosa
Mental Health Psychological therapy
18 February 2021
A new analysis, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, has shown a lack of strong evidence to support current guidance on psychological therapies for treating anorexia nervosa over expert treatment as usual.
Children’s Mental Health Worse in the New Lockdown
Anxiety COVID-19 Child and adolescent Early intervention Mental Health Psychological therapy
17 February 2021
The proportion of secondary school aged girls with emotional problems in January 2021 was at the highest level reported since March 2020, highlights latest report from the Co-SPACE study. It also shows parent and carer reported behavioural, emotional, and restless/attentional difficulties in their offspring have increased again since the latest national lockdown was introduced.
New WA Handley Chair of Psychiatry Appointed
Awards Mental Health
28 January 2021
Professor John Geddes has been appointed to the WA Handley Professorship of Psychiatry and will take up this post in November 2021. He will be a fellow of Merton College. A donation from the WA Handley Trust endowed the first Chair of Psychiatry in the University of Oxford’s Department of Psychiatry, which was founded in 1969.
Improving Experiences of People with Serious Mental Health Problems
Mental Health
26 January 2021
A project led by Professor Kam Bhui and Dr Roisin Mooney, University of Oxford, will focus on reducing the number of people admitted or readmitted to compulsory care under the Mental Health Act. This is one of four new research projects funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) with the aim to improve patient experiences and outcomes under the Mental Health Act.
Just Over Half of British Indians Would Get COVID Vaccine
COVID-19 Mental Health
21 January 2021
University of Oxford researchers from the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG) and the Department of Psychiatry, in collaboration with The 1928 Institute, have published a major new study on the impact of COVID-19 on the UK’s largest BME population.
Investigating New Treatment for Schizophrenia
Mental Health Schizophrenia
21 January 2021
A partnership between University of Oxford, the Earlham Institute, and the global pharmaceutical companies Biogen Inc and Boehringer Ingelheim is announced today to investigate a new drug target for the treatment of schizophrenia.
Parental Mental Health Worse Since New National Restrictions
COVID-19 Child and adolescent Early intervention Mental Health Psychological therapy
19 January 2021
Parental stress, depression, and anxiety have again increased since new national restrictions have been introduced according to the latest report from the Oxford University led COVID-19 Supporting Parents, Adolescents, and Children in Epidemics (Co-SPACE) study based on data from over 6000 UK parents.
Potential New Target to Prevent or Delay Dementia
Alzheimer's disease Dementia Mental Health Old-age psychiatry
5 January 2021
New study shows targeting arterial stiffening earlier in a person’s lifespan could provide cognitive benefits in older age and may help to delay the onset of dementia.
SSRI Treatment in Young People with Depression and Anxiety
Anxiety Depression Mental Health
24 November 2020
Results from an insight review commissioned by the Wellcome Trust, highlights what is currently known about the benefits and risks of using selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for the treatment of depression and anxiety in young people.
Collaborating with Youth is Key to Studying Mental Health Management
Anxiety Depression Mental Health
23 November 2020
The Global Mental Health Databank, a feasibility study, hopes to enable youth from the United Kingdom, South Africa, and India to work directly with mental health researchers to better understand how young people can manage their own mental health.
People in Prison Must be Part of Public Health Response to COVID-19
COVID-19 Mental Health
23 November 2020
Preventing serious complications from COVID-19 in potentially vulnerable populations in high risk environments, such as prisons, and preventing spread to surrounding communities needs a coordinated evidence-based approach to managing outbreaks of COVID-19 in prison settings.
2020 Most Highly Cited Researchers
Awards Mental Health
18 November 2020
6 researchers in the Department of Psychiatry are in the Highly Cited Researchers 2020 list.