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\n \n 23 October 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nNational Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre colleagues and partners gathered to share information and updates as well as celebrate progress made during the last 12 months.
\n \n\n\n \n 18 October 2023\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Mental Health\n \n \n \n \n Patient involvement\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nRacism harms mental health and is associated with mental illness \u2013 but a new study has highlighted \u2018alarming\u2019 racism on mental health wards.
\n \n\n\n \n 12 October 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nNew research has found that the main component of cannabis, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), leads to people\u2019s attention being more drawn to other cannabis stimuli when using the drug.
\n \n\n\n \n 11 October 2023\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Depression\n \n \n \n \n Psychological medicine\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nAn academic/industry partnership, based at the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre, is helping companies use experimental medicine approaches to speed up development of new drugs to treat psychiatric disorders.
\n \n\n\n \n 11 October 2023\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Awards\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nThe academic standard of the 2022/23 cohort was extremely high with two students getting special recognition.
\n \n\n\n \n 10 October 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nScientists are using AI to detect language differences in people with mental health difficulties that could eventually be used to help diagnose and monitor psychiatric conditions.
\n \n\n\n \n 10 October 2023\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Child and Adolescent Psychiatry\n \n \n \n \n Child and adolescent\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor 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.
\n \n\n\n \n 5 October 2023\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Depression\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nLeading Oxford consultant psychiatrist Rupert McShane has responded to a new paper on the effectiveness of esketamine nasal spray, a form of ketamine, for treatment-resistant depression.
\n \n\n\n \n 3 October 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Manji is one of the recipients of the 2023 Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health for the discovery of the rapid antidepressant effects of ketamine.
\n \n\n\n \n 2 October 2023\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Child and Adolescent Psychiatry\n \n \n \n \n Child and adolescent\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers from Oxford, Kent, Falmouth, London and Leeds came to together to address the complexities of adolescent mental health at the Attune conference.
\n \n\n\n \n 28 September 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\u00a36 million experimental medicine programme aims to make the translation of discoveries into therapeutics easier.
\n \n\n\n \n 27 September 2023\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Depression\n \n \n \n \n Psychosis\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nA new web tool has been developed to simplify the prescription of antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs.
\n \n\n\n \n 27 September 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nA new video produced by young people offers advice on living with chronic pain.
\n \n\n\n \n 26 September 2023\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Mental Health\n \n \n \n \n Public involvement\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nAn online and in person photo exhibition displayed in London and Manchester will detail the experiences of diverse people detained under the Mental Health Act.
\n \n\n\n \n 21 September 2023\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Child and Adolescent Psychiatry\n \n \n \n \n Child and adolescent\n \n \n \n \n Depression\n \n \n \n \n Mental Health\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nMajor 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.
\n \n\n\n \n 13 September 2023\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Suicide\n \n \n \n \n Suicide and self-harm\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nDirector of the Centre for Suicide Research Keith Hawton responds to publication of the government's Suicide Prevention Strategy for England.
\n \n\n\n \n 31 August 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nHigh levels of two proteins at the time of COVID-19 have been found in patients who later experienced cognitive problems, including \u2018brain fog'.
\n \n\n\n \n 24 August 2023\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Dementia\n \n \n \n \n Early intervention\n \n \n \n \n Old-age psychiatry\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nThe UK Biobank Dementia Risk Score, or UKBDRS for short, outperformed three other widely used risk scores when identifying people at risk of developing dementia.
\n \n\n\n \n 2 August 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nPeople who had mental health or substance use disorders when they were given community orders were three times more likely to die prematurely, and particularly from suicide, accidents, drug overdose, or homicide, compared to those without any psychiatric diagnoses.
\n \n\n\n \n 24 July 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe needs of children whose parents have severe mental illness should be prioritised, according to a new paper written by a consortium of international experts.
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