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New mobile app tackles paranoia
23 August 2017
People with paranoia will be asked to try a new NHS mobile app, developed by researchers at the University of Oxford's Department of Psychiatry, to try and slow down their negative thoughts as part of a research trial set to begin in Berkshire and Oxfordshire
'Highly hazardous pesticides: policies should focus on bans, rather than secure storage', studies suggest
16 August 2017
Global policies on access to highly hazardous pesticides – commonly ingested in acts of self-poisoning and suicide in rural Asia – should focus on national bans, rather than safe storage, according to two studies in The Lancet and The Lancet Global Health journals.
OMC awarded major Wellcome public engagement grant
9 August 2017
The Oxford Mindfulness Centre, based in the Department of Psychiatry, has been awarded a major Public Engagement grant from Wellcome.
Study shows adolescent depression increases risk for violence
9 August 2017
The findings of research conducted by Dr Rongqin Yu under the supervision of Profs Seena Fazel and Guy Goodwin with collaborators in Finland and the Netherlands emphasize the need for early detection and intervention.
Nightmares: identifying potential causal factors
8 August 2017
Stephanie Rek, Bryony Sheaves and Daniel Freeman from the Department of Psychiatry have been exploring what contributes to bad dreams, and finding some surprising results.
Warneford Masterplan launched
19 July 2017
Future plans for the development of the Warneford Hospital site, on which the Department of Psychiatry is based, have been published.
The wiser brain: insights from healthy elders
12 July 2017
Dr Joana Cabral leads a study published in Scientific Reports, that reveals that participants with better cognitive performance have different brain activity even when resting quietly inside the MRI scanner.
BBC's World at One investigates world's biggest study into Alzheimer's Disease
5 July 2017
Professors Clare Mackay and Simon Lovestone, reveal details of the ‘Deep and Frequent Phenotyping Study’, led here at the Department of Psychiatry.
Dr Claire Sexton wins Vice-Chancellor’s Public Engagement with Research Award
29 June 2017
Dr Sexton, from the University of Oxford’s Department of Psychiatry, scoops the Early Career Researcher award for her work promoting healthy ageing in the brain.
Simon Lovestone knighted in Queen’s Birthday honours
19 June 2017
Professor Simon Lovestone, MRCPsych, Professor of Translational Neuroscience, is knighted for services to neuroscience research.
Treatments for Eating Disorders are recommended by NICE
13 June 2017
A treatment developed in the Department of Psychiatry is recommended for all forms of eating disorder seen in adults.
Even moderate drinking linked to a decline in brain health, finds study
7 June 2017
Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with increased risk of adverse brain outcomes and steeper decline in cognitive skills, finds a study led by Dr Anya Topiwala at the Department of Psychiatry, and published by The BMJ.
Dr Sana Suri awarded Alzheimer’s Society Prize
30 May 2017
Post doc imaging neuroscientist, Dr Sana Suri, named "Rising Star in Dementia Research" by the Alzheimer’s Society
Oxford Dementia Research Day
30 May 2017
NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre and ARUK Oxford Local Network are jointly hosting the annual Oxford Dementia Research Day.
Daniel Weinberger M.D. appointed as Visiting Professor
17 May 2017
Dr Weinberger of the Lieber Institute for Brain Development, Baltimore, has been recognised for his seminal work on schizophrenia and generous collaborations with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford.
Father-child interactions: contributions to children's cognitive developments
15 May 2017
Paul G. Ramchandani and Alan Stein discover that father-child interactions in early infancy positively influence children's cognitive development.
Dates announced: Oxford Academic Psychiatry Autumn School 2017
10 May 2017
Our hugely popular autumn school for medical students and foundation doctors interested in psychiatry is open for applications.
'Project to map human brain from womb to birth releases stunning images'
10 May 2017
The Guardian: 'Scientists hope to understand how conditions such as autism, cerebral palsy and attention deficit disorders arise using thousands images of brain’s wiring'
4th Course on Network Meta-Analysis: 3-5 July 2017
9 May 2017
How to appraise, interpret and publish a network meta-analysis
Oxford key host for Wellcome consortium on depression
2 May 2017
The Department of Psychiatry is closely involved in a Wellcome study to investigate whether depression can be treated by targeting the immune system.