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Bioethics Game Launch - 27 January 2020

Bioethics Mental Health

NEUROSEC (Neuroscience, Ethics and Society) launches bioethics game about digital phenotyping and mental health. 'Tracing Tomorrow' is a digital game prototype which investigates young people's values and preferences in the context of digital phenotyping for mental health in schools.

The Global Brain Health Survey

The Lifebrain Consortium has launched the Global Brain Health Survey to learn about people's views on the brain.

Department of Psychiatry Public Engagement and Science Communications Award 2019

The joint winners of the department award for Public Engagement and Science Communications were announced at the department team away day in January 2020. The Oxford Dementia and Ageing Research (OxDARE) team and the My Resilience in Adolescence (MYRIAD) project team both presented excellent examples of public engagement.

New CE for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is to appoint Dr Nick Broughton to become its new chief executive when Stuart Bell CBE retires from the role after having completed 37 years' NHS service.

Lifetime suicide risk factors identified

Mental Health Suicide

A new review by researchers in the Department of Psychiatry of previous studies into suicide worldwide has highlighted the effects of individual and environmental risk factors over a lifetime.

Management of adolescent self-harm needed to reduce suicide risk

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child and adolescent Self-harm Suicide

Children and adolescents who present to hospital following self-harm have an increased future risk of suicide compared with other children and adolescents, which may persist for several years, according to an observational study of more than 9,000 children and adolescents aged 10-18 years who presented to five English hospitals for non-fatal self-harm.

Mental Disorders Linked to Intimate Partner Violence

A new large-scale population-based study led by researchers from the University of Oxford investigated the link between nine major mental disorders and intimate partner violence perpetrated by men towards women.

Antipsychotic drugs ranked according to metabolic side effects for the first time

Analysis published in The Lancet Psychiatry has shown that there is significant difference in the way antipsychotic drugs affect body weight and levels of sugar, cholesterol and other fats in the blood.

Epilepsy Pathway Innovation in Africa

The NIHR Research and Innovation for Global Health Transformation (RIGHT) programme has awarded £4.9 million to help fund a project investigating epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa.

Depression increases risk of HIV among South African teenage girls

Adolescent girls in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, especially Southern Africa, are at very high risk of developing HIV - by the time they reach adulthood, up to one in four* South African women will be HIV positive, and most are first infected during adolescence.

Oxford joins forces with the Palix Foundation to share knowledge about the brain and psychological science

Mental Health

The Palix Foundation has pledged £265,250 to support a cross-disciplinary project aimed at sharing scientific knowledge about early brain development and its effect on mental health and addiction. The project will be delivered by the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Experimental Psychology, and will unite Oxford and the foundation's shared vision of improving outcomes for children, their families and future generations.

New Oxford Brain Health Clinical Trials Unit Open

A new Clinical Trials Unit has opened within the Department of Psychiatry - the Oxford Brain Health Clinical Trials Unit - it is the only mental health-dedicated Clinical Trials Unit in the UK. It opened in September 2019.

65th President and Chairman of the Board of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Michael Sharpe, Professor of Psychological Medicine at the Department of Psychiatry, has been elected the 65th President and Chairman of the Board of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.

2019 Most Highly Cited Researchers

5 researchers in the Department of Psychiatry are in the top one percent of the Highly Cited Researchers 2019 list.

More attention to patients' needs important to prevent suicide after presentation to hospital for self-harm

A study spanning 16 years including nearly 50,000 patients who presented to five general hospitals across England on more than 90,000 occasions following self-harm has shown that suicide risk was very high compared to the general populations in the year following the hospital visits, and even more so in the first month.

7th Course in Network Meta-Analysis: 22-24 June 2020

Course Events

Led by Professor Andrea Cipriani, this 3-day interactive course will help participants to understand, write and critically appraise a network meta-analysis. It is aimed at clinicians, researchers and policy makers.

2nd Course on Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: 16-18 March 2020

Course Events

Led by Professor Andrea Cipriani, this course is specifically designed for psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health professionals, pharmacists and researchers in neuroscience and related disciplines.

Suicide prevention: identifying and responding to suicide clusters

Mental Health Suicide

This new version of a guide originally developed in 2015, is a major update, informed by experience of suicide clusters that have occurred in the community, in schools and universities, and in psychiatric settings.

Virtual reality and real-world health - IF Oxford Science and Ideas Festival 2019

Child and adolescent Events Mental Health Psychological therapy Virtual reality

Find out how virtual reality (VR) is used in research to help build confidence and reduce stress in young people. Visit Julia Badger, Lucy Bowes and Aitor Rovira at their IF Festival stand on 28 October between 11 am and 4 pm. Put on a headset, test your reactions and see how your body responds.

Pathways to Mental Health and Academic Outcomes

Early intervention Mental Health

The Oxford U-Flourish student wellbeing survey is part of a longitudinal study evaluating the scope of mental health need among undergraduate students. The study aims to better understand what factors determine student mental health and academic outcomes.

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