Oxford Mental Health Economics and Policy

The Oxford Mental Health Economics and Policy research group brings together world-leading researchers in intersection of mental health, economics, and policy across the University of Oxford and it is hosted by the Department of Psychiatry.

The Oxford Mental Health Economics and Policy (OMHEP) group includes experts in mental health, health economics and policy from across the University of Oxford. OMHEP is hosted by the Department of Psychiatry and is affiliated with health economics teams at the Health Economics Research Centre in Oxford Population Health, and the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences.

OMHEP aims to:

Produce high quality economic and policy research evidence to inform mental health policy-making
Engage directly with patient and service user groups, charities and other stakeholders and decision-makers to translate scientific evidence into value-based health policy and clinical practice
Form strong links with providers, commissioners, practitioners and researchers in the University of Oxford and surrounding local areas
Advance methodologies used to understand the value and outcomes of mental health interventions

Following OMHEP's founding in 2022, we are expecting to add affiliated researchers and graduate students, as well as hosting events and seminars.

If you are interested in being involved with or hearing from OMHEP, please contact omhep@psych.ox.ac.uk

Affiliated researchers

Apostolos Tsiachristas

Associate Professor in Health Economics
Belinda Lennox

Head of Department
Judit Simon

Visiting Professor of Cognitive Health Economics
Ed Penington

Researcher in Health Economics, DPhil Candidate
Liz Schroeder
Stavros Petrou
Yaling Yang
Jose Leal
Jingyu Dai
Joseph Kwon
Catia Nicodemo
Mara Violato
Mamta Bajre
Maria Cardenas Garcia Santillan

BJPsych Open Themed Series

BJPsych Open is will publish a themed series on Mental Health Economics in 2024/25, with co-editors including OMHEP affiliates Apostolos Tsiachristas and Judit Simon.

They are inviting submissions from all authors describing original applied and methodological research, evidence synthesis using systematic review/meta-analysis, policy papers along with editorials within the broad topic area of economics and mental health across the globe.

The closing date for manuscript submission is 31st March, 2025.

For further information on what to submit, how to submit or how to contact the journal, see the call for papers.

Upcoming events

Questions about ADHD? Ask the experts!

Dr Edoardo Ostinelli and Professor Samuele Cortese

Tuesday, 18 March 2025, 7pm to 8pm @ Online

The public is invited to a webinar to ask questions of leading specialists about the latest research into Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Professor Samuele Cortese and Dr Edoardo Ostinelli will take questions in an ‘ask the expert’ event on Tuesday 18 March from 7pm to 8pm.