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The global prevalence of life threatening conditions in children and parents makes it an urgent priority to develop child-focused communication guidelines for healthcare professionals to support families in their time of need.
"It was great to hear the positive response from the audience"
Child and adolescent Events
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
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent
22 March 2024
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
Anxiety Child and adolescent Depression Mental Health
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.
New online tool for child anxiety could expand access to child mental health services
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)
7 February 2024
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
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent
10 October 2023
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'
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent
2 October 2023
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
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Depression Mental Health
21 September 2023
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
Bipolar Disorder Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Schizophrenia
24 July 2023
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
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Public involvement
10 July 2023
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
Child and adolescent Mental Health
5 July 2023
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
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Mental Health
19 June 2023
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
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.
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
NICE recommends digital mental health technologies from Oxford
Anxiety Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent
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.
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.
Oxford researchers respond to campaign for bereavement lessons in schools
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent
5 January 2023
A petition has been organised to get the matter debated in Parliament
Factors influencing cognitive development - new longitudinal study
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Global child development
22 December 2022
Data comes from more than 2,600 individuals from four different countries and looks at links between factors like childhood stature, IQ and schooling.
‘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.
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.