Professor Louise Dalton and Professor Elizabeth Rapa lead a programme of work focussed on the importance of communicating with children about a loved one\u2019s serious illness such as cancer.
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\u2019s day to day lives is just as effective as traditional talking therapies for child anxiety problems.
Professor Alan Stein, Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, is retiring from Oxford\u2019s Department of Psychiatry and will be taking up a senior post at the Blavatnik School of Government in global health and public policy.
Researchers from Oxford, Kent, Falmouth, London and Leeds came to together to address the complexities of adolescent mental health at the Attune conference.
Major new study shows young people\u2019s mental health deteriorated during COVID-19, with higher levels of depression and social, emotional and behavioural difficulties than before the pandemic hit.
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.
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.
Scientists and Educators collaborate in a programme to transform scientific research, school teaching and young people\u2019s understanding of their mental health and wellbeing.
Young people will help create an \u2018online museum\u2019 as a way of improving their mental health, as part of a new and ground-breaking \u00a32.61m research project.
Gregory Stores, Professor of Developmental Neuropsychiatry at Oxford University, contributed greatly to the understanding of epilepsy and sleep disorders.
New research shows that although patient\u2019s family details were often recorded, this information was not routinely used to help patients share their diagnosis with children.
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.
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