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A team of Oxford researchers has won a grant from the University’s Covid-19 Research Response Fund to study the effects of online cultural experiences on mental health. This new study will use the unique opportunity of lockdown and social distancing to gather new evidence.
Oxford Health BRC takes leading role in research effort to find innovative new treatments for mental illness
Mental Health
2 June 2023
Clinicians and scientists at the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) are playing a key role coordinating the Mental Health Mission.
New Associate Professors appointed
Alzheimer's disease Awards Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Dementia Mental Health
2 June 2023
Four new Associate Professors have been appointed in the Department of Psychiatry.
Westgate Centre visitors learn about Oxford’s ground-breaking research
Mental Health Public involvement
16 May 2023
Hundreds of visitors to Oxford’s Westgate Centre last week were able to find out about the world-class healthcare research that is currently taking place in Oxford.
Psychological Adaptiveness to Critical Events: an introduction to the PACE study
Anxiety Depression Mental Health
15 May 2023
Clinical psychologist and Visiting Fellow Omid V. Ebrahimi discusses his work here in Oxford and the study he co-leads in Norway – one of the largest of its kind globally.
New collaboration between academics and secondary schools to address mental health crisis in adolescents
Anxiety Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Mental Health
15 May 2023
Scientists and Educators collaborate in a programme to transform scientific research, school teaching and young people’s understanding of their mental health and wellbeing.
Online arts and culture for young people’s mental health – new research programme announced
Anxiety Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Depression Mental Health Public involvement
3 April 2023
Young people will help create an ‘online museum’ as a way of improving their mental health, as part of a new and ground-breaking £2.61m research project.
New study reveals clinical instability can predict psychiatric hospitalisation
Bipolar Disorder Depression Mental Health Schizophrenia
28 March 2023
For patients with psychiatric conditions, data shows that both illness severity and instability are key factors in predicting their future risk of hospitalisation.
Kam Bhui joins MQ Science Council
Awards Mental Health
14 March 2023
Professor Kam Bhui appointed to MQ’s Science Council, a group of global experts who guide MQ’s research.
Ensuring LGBTQI+ people are treated fairly in mental health data
Mental Health
28 February 2023
Andrey Kormilitzin outlines a new participatory study aimed at improving AI to take account of LGBTQI+ people so that their needs are better met by mental health services.
Friendship and mental health in adolescents
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Mental Health
9 February 2023
Tanya Manchanda's new paper investigates the role of friendship on the mental health outcomes of adolescents
Major wellbeing survey for 9-18 year olds launched
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Mental Health
7 February 2023
Researchers at Oxford are encouraging schools and colleges in four areas of the country to sign up to be part of the OxWell Student Survey.
‘Thinking Family’ when an adult has a serious illness
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Mental Health
22 December 2022
New research shows that although patient’s family details were often recorded, this information was not routinely used to help patients share their diagnosis with children.
Treating mental illness with electricity - new podcast
Depression Mental Health
25 November 2022
A new wave of treatments that stimulate the brain with electricity are showing promise on patients and in clinical trials.
Hours of gaming not negatively impacting wellbeing of most adolescents - new study
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Mental Health
18 November 2022
University of Oxford researchers found that although many school-age adolescents are spending considerable time gaming, it is not having a negative impact on their wellbeing.
Few mental health apps make it to real world, according to new Oxford University study
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Mental Health
17 November 2022
Despite enthusiasm for digital technology in addressing young people’s mental health, few effective apps have been successfully rolled out.
Oxford gets £122m funding for healthcare research
Mental Health
14 October 2022
Health and care research in Oxford is to receive £122 million in government funding over the next five years to improve diagnosis, treatment and care for NHS patients.
Dementia research - new trial with diabetes drug
Alzheimer's disease Mental Health
30 September 2022
An important new trial will test the effects of oral semaglutide on the build-up of a protein in the brain that characterises Alzheimer's disease.
The Economist Unit report on ‘Depression in Europe’ has been published
Depression Mental Health
30 September 2022
New study shows higher rate of fractures in people with intellectual disability
Mental Health
30 September 2022
In the most comprehensive study of its kind, researchers at the University of Oxford and Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust found a substantially higher rate of fractures in people with intellectual disability compared with people of the same age and gender without an intellectual disability
Engagement with arts and culture can have a positive impact on mental health in young people
Child and adolescent Mental Health
21 September 2022
A new study finds that engaging with arts and culture online can improve mental health in young people.