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« Back to NewsRadical rethink of mental health support for adolescents needed – new study
19 December 2024
Young people have given important insights into what mental health support they prefer and what does not work for them or meet their needs, as part of a major new study of thousands of adolescents.
New therapies developed by Oxford experts offer online support for anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders
31 July 2024
Four internet-based therapies are proving helpful for patients with social anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorders and for children with anxiety disorders.
New mental health toolkit available for Oxford students on University Mental Health Day
14 March 2024
A free digital mental health toolkit is now available to University of Oxford students as part of a research trial led by the university’s Department of Psychiatry.
“Looking back on my childhood, I can’t ever remember a time when I didn’t feel negative."
22 May 2023
A data scientist who was able to return to work after taking medication for severe depression as part of an Oxford research trial has urged others to consider taking part in studies.
Psychological Adaptiveness to Critical Events: an introduction to the CIPA study
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
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
3 April 2023
- Anxiety
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Child and adolescent
- Depression
- Mental Health
- Public involvement
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.
Experts hold first meeting for new international project on depression, anxiety and psychosis
13 March 2023
The Global Alliance for Living Evidence on aNxiety, depressiOn and pSychosis, or GALENOS project, has launched in central London.
NICE recommends digital mental health technologies from Oxford
8 February 2023
Two digital tools were recommended for use in the NHS to help children and young people with symptoms of anxiety or low mood.
New Study Shows Simvastatin Can Change the Way People Experience Certain Emotions
19 May 2022
This new study examines the effects of simvastatin on emotional processing, reward learning, verbal memory, and inflammation.
Anxiety Disorders Among Children, Assessment and Working with Families
9 May 2022
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health disorders among children, yet there is limited guidance on the process of assessing child anxiety disorders and sharing diagnostic outcomes with families.
Adolescent Mental Health and Development in the Digital World
29 June 2021
A new project has been awarded funding from the UKRI £24 million investment into improving the mental health and wellbeing of adolescents in the UK.
Children’s Mental Health Worse in the New Lockdown
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.
SSRI Treatment in Young People with Depression and Anxiety
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
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.
Return to School Leads to Improvement in Children's Mental Health
16 November 2020
Latest report from the Co-SPACE (COVID-19 Supporting Parents, Adolescents, and Children in Epidemics) survey highlights that for participating primary school aged children behavioural and restless/attentional difficulties increased between March and June. These difficulties generally decreased from July.
Almost 20% of COVID-19 Patients Receive Psychiatric Diagnosis within 90 Days
10 November 2020
New study suggests that having COVID-19 increases a person’s risk of developing psychiatric disorders, and that having a psychiatric disorder increases the chance of getting COVID-19. The study, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, used the TriNetX electronic health records of 69 million people in the USA including over 62,000 cases of COVID-19.
Our Mental Wellness Series
2 November 2020
The Our Mental Wellness series is organised by the Department of Experimental Psychology. There will be 7 talks in this first series from experts in the field of mental health. Topics include stress and anxiety, sleep, depression and low mood, mistrust and paranoia, eating disorders, coping with trauma and bullying.
Children from Low Income Households Show elevated Mental Health Difficulties in Lockdown
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.
More than Half of Year 12 Students Report Feeling Worse since Lockdown
17 September 2020
School-based survey examines over 200 key factors in the lives and expectations of young people, aged 8-18 years, helping to shed light on mental health during lockdown.