The impact of social factors such as poverty and abuse on suicide need to be recognised and action taken to address them, according to a major series of papers published in the Lancet Public Health on World Suicide Prevention Day.
Professor Ole Jensen has been appointed Chair of Translational Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, working across both the Department of Psychiatry and Experimental Psychology.
Older people are able to remember familiar pieces of music as well as young people \u2013 but some parts of their brain are having to work harder to do it, according to a new study.
The University of Oxford has joined forces with Aarhus University and the University of Copenhagen to create a new Pioneer Centre into data-driven medical research.
A new paper suggests that anti-constipation drug, prucalopride, may reduce the risk of experiencing depression in individuals with no past history of mental illness.
Increasing serotonin can change how people learn from negative information, as well as improving how they respond to it, according to a new study published in the leading journal Nature Communications.
Two pharmacological treatments used for depression affect the brain in completely different ways, shedding light on how the depressed brain gets rebalanced, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Mental Health.
Many people who were hospitalised with COVID-19 continue to have cognitive and psychiatric problems two to three years post-infection, according to a new study.
Four internet-based therapies are proving helpful for patients with social anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorders and for children with anxiety disorders.
The new recombinant shingles vaccine \u2018Shingrix\u2019 is associated with a reduced risk of dementia compared to an earlier shingles vaccine, according to a major new study published in Nature Medicine.
Founders of the Race and Psychiatry Journal Club, research students Maya Ogonah and Anabelle Paulino, talk us through how they set up the group last year, how it has progressed and tips for those keen to set up similar groups.
Semaglutide \u2013 widely known as Ozempic/Wegovy \u2013 does not negatively impact brain health and is associated with lower risk of cognitive problems and less nicotine dependence, according to a new study.
New study of more than one million people with depression in England shows that statin use is associated with lower mortality and no increased adverse events.
Addressing homelessness should be a focus of public health initiatives in high income countries to help prevent violence, according to a new paper published in The Lancet Public Health.
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