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« Back to NewsBrief online training can help teachers respond to pupils’ mental health
23 April 2024
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Mental Health
Brief, interactive online mental health training can help teachers better respond to their pupils’ mental health difficulties, according to a new study.
Professor Mina Fazel appointed Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
18 April 2024
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Global child development
She will lead the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry research group, aiming to better understand how to prevent mental health difficulties in children and young people and how best to support them and their families
"It was great to hear the positive response from the audience"
27 March 2024
DPhil student Briana Applewhite recounts her experience attending and speaking at the 13th Oxford Neuroscience Symposium.
The importance of talking to children about serious illness
22 March 2024
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent
Professor Louise Dalton and Professor Elizabeth Rapa lead a programme of work focussed on the importance of communicating with children about a loved one’s serious illness such as cancer.
New mental health toolkit available for Oxford students on University Mental Health Day
14 March 2024
Anxiety Child and adolescent Depression Mental Health
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.
New online tool for child anxiety could expand access to child mental health services
7 February 2024
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)
New research from the University of Oxford has revealed that an online programme that empowers parents to apply Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) principles in their child’s day to day lives is just as effective as traditional talking therapies for child anxiety problems.
Alan Stein retires as Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
10 October 2023
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent
Professor Alan Stein, Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, is retiring from Oxford’s Department of Psychiatry and will be taking up a senior post at the Blavatnik School of Government in global health and public policy.
'There's never been a more difficult time to be young'
2 October 2023
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent
Researchers from Oxford, Kent, Falmouth, London and Leeds came to together to address the complexities of adolescent mental health at the Attune conference.
Young people’s mental health deteriorated at greater rate during the pandemic
21 September 2023
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Depression Mental Health
Major new study shows young people’s mental health deteriorated during COVID-19, with higher levels of depression and social, emotional and behavioural difficulties than before the pandemic hit.
Prioritising the children of parents with severe mental illness
24 July 2023
Bipolar Disorder Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Schizophrenia
The needs of children whose parents have severe mental illness should be prioritised, according to a new paper written by a consortium of international experts.
Glastonbury: taking science into people's lives
10 July 2023
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Public involvement
Georgina Donati from the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry research group reflects on her weekend at the Glastonbury Festival talking to the public about science, developmental psychology and mental health.
Links between air pollution and mental health – new review
5 July 2023
Child and adolescent Mental Health
Poor air quality affects mental health in many ways, according to a new review of evidence published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.
New paper shows young people interested in online arts and culture for their mental health
19 June 2023
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Mental Health
Researchers spoke to young people for qualitative study exploring their perceptions of using arts and culture online to improve mental health.
New collaboration between academics and secondary schools to address mental health crisis in adolescents
15 May 2023
Anxiety Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Mental Health
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.
Friendship and mental health in adolescents
9 February 2023
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Mental Health
Tanya Manchanda's new paper investigates the role of friendship on the mental health outcomes of adolescents
NICE recommends digital mental health technologies from Oxford
8 February 2023
Anxiety Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent
Two digital tools were recommended for use in the NHS to help children and young people with symptoms of anxiety or low mood.
Major wellbeing survey for 9-18 year olds launched
7 February 2023
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Mental Health
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.
Oxford researchers respond to campaign for bereavement lessons in schools
5 January 2023
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent
A petition has been organised to get the matter debated in Parliament
Factors influencing cognitive development - new longitudinal study
22 December 2022
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Global child development
Data comes from more than 2,600 individuals from four different countries and looks at links between factors like childhood stature, IQ and schooling.