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Over 800 Oxford undergraduate first year students took part in the initial wave of the U-Flourish study. The follow-up study will now ask these same students about their experiences to-date with questions specifically added into the survey about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their mental health and aspects of their student experience.
GLAD (Genetic Links to Anxiety and Depression)
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.
GEMS (Glutamate Emotion Memory Study)
We are exploring the effects of ketamine on past memories, decision-making and emotions. We are looking for volunteers who are aged 20-60 with current depression who have not responded to the usual antidepressant treatments. If you participate, you will be administered ketamine or a placebo intravenously in a single infusion. The study will involve coming to the Neurosciences building, Warneford Hospital, on five occasions.
AADAPT Online - Addressing Young Mums’ & Dads’ Low Mood or Stress And their ParenTing
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?
Cognitive Processing of Stressful Life Events in Individuals Having Migrated to the UK
We are looking for volunteers, aged 22 years old and above, who have moved to the UK from another country. You need to have been in the UK for at least 4 years and speak English. You are invited to participate in an online survey which will take 20 to 30 minutes.
PEACE Study: healthy volunteers
We are looking for healthy volunteers to help understand how the brain works.
Brain Health Centre: healthy volunteers study
We are looking for volunteers, over 21 years of age, to take part in the ‘Brain Health Centre: healthy volunteers’ study. Information from this study will help us develop new ways to measure brain health and provide new ways to compare brain information from patients with memory problems to brain information from healthy adults to help doctors make more accurate and earlier diagnoses. The study involves one study session, lasting around 2.5hours, and involves having an MRI brain scan and a second optional session lasting approximately 30 minutes.
Emotional Processing and Biomarkers Study
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
We are looking for healthy 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 4-4.5 hours in total.
Parent mentors required to support young parents with low mood
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?
An investigation of fear of losing control and anxiety
We are a team of researchers at the University of Oxford who are interested in better understanding fear of losing control and anxiety. We aim to develop a questionnaire that will help us understand whether there are differences in fear of losing control across anxiety disorders, particularly Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Panic Disorder. We are hoping to develop a deeper understanding of factors that may contribute to distress in these conditions, with the hope of tailoring and improving psychological treatments for these individuals. You do not need to identify as having any anxiety disorder to participate in this study.
The Impact of Health Anxiety in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Studies show that having a chronic physical health condition can increase someone’s worry about their health. We want to explore whether having a COPD diagnosis increases anxiety about one’s health. Understanding this can improve what support we offer to people with COPD.
Physiology of Habit Learning Study
We are looking for volunteers to improve our understanding of how people learn habits. The study involves three visits to the Department of Psychiatry in the Warneford Hospital (each visit takes 1 to 1.5 hours) and daily online tasks between two of the visits (takes about 15 minutes each, can be completed at home). During these visits, you will be asked to complete a simple computer-based task and some questionnaires about your mental wellbeing. We would also record the direction of your gaze during the visits.
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) study
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
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.
The Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training and Research
Are you a UK-based Mum? Is your baby under 10 weeks old? Please consider taking part in this online questionnaire study about stress, anxiety and social support after giving birth. It is hoped that this research will help us better understand how to support new Mums during such an important and precious time in your child’s life. Please follow the link below to take part https://psychiatryoxford.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_37YBWx0ayaIhNnD OR contact joanna.maher@hmc.ox.ac.uk for more details
Are you experiencing depression despite taking antidepressants?
Duration: Three appointments (one screening visit, two research visits) about 8 hours in total Who can participate? People who feel depressed despite antidepressant treatment, aged 18 to 65 What does the study involve? Psychological tasks, one brain scan using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), and taking medication for 7 days.
Healthy Volunteers Needed For Study Of Reward and Emotion.
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.
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.