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Researchers find that 'cuteness' in babies ignites key parental capacities
8 June 2016
The powerful way infants attract us through all our senses, is revealed by Professor Morten Kringelbach and his team at the Department of Psychiatry.
Schizophrenia and subsequent neighbourhood deprivation: revisiting the social drift hypothesis
25 May 2016
Lead author of a recent study, Amir Sariaslan, explains why his team's research suggests that the influence of environments in the social drift of schizophrenia patients may have been overemphasised.
The other side of the magic mushroom debate
18 May 2016
Professor Phil Cowen, from the University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, writes a response to the claims that magic mushrooms could offer a magic bullet for treatment-resistant depression.
Comment: ‘Better together for better dementia research and care’
18 May 2016
Professor Simon Lovestone argues for the strength of the European Union for supporting dementia research.
Can psychological therapies help people who self-harm?
16 May 2016
A review by the respected Cochrane organisation, and led by Oxford University Professor of Psychiatry Keith Hawton, has found that psychological therapies, more commonly known as 'talking treatments', may help people who self-harm.
Bid to prevent Alzheimer’s dementia signs up first study recruit
11 May 2016
A major study to find interventions that prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s dementia has recruited its first participant.
Reported self-inflicted harm cases have steadily risen in UK since 2008
9 May 2016
The number of cases of self-harm presenting to hospitals in England has risen steadily since 2008, especially among men, reveals research co-ordinated by the Centre for Suicide Research at Oxford University Department of Psychiatry, published in the online journal BMJ Open.
Study finds virtual reality can help treat severe paranoia
5 May 2016
Virtual reality can help treat severe paranoia by allowing people to face situations that they fear, an Oxford University study has found. The virtual reality simulations allowed the patients to learn that the situations they feared (such as a crowded tube train) were actually safe.
New research to test whether early detection of depression relapse can achieve 30% fewer full episodes
4 May 2016
The Brain Foundation Netherlands has allocated 300,000 euros for researchers, including Prof Catherine Harmer from Oxford University's Department of Psychiatry, to investigate whether existing smartphone Apps can lead to this reduction in risk.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Linked to Reduced Depressive Relapse
4 May 2016
Professor Willem Kuyken, from the University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, leads the analysis into the efficacy of MBCT in prevention of depressive relapse.
School affects girls’ chances of being diagnosed with an eating disorder
4 May 2016
The school a girl attends can affect her chance of being diagnosed with an eating disorder. That’s the conclusion of research carried out by a joint UK-Swedish team, led by Oxford University Department of Psychiatry’s Dr Helen Bould.
Professor Michael Sharpe is made NIHR Senior Investigator
18 April 2016
The Department of Psychiatry’s Professor of Psychological Medicine, Michael Sharpe, has been acknowledged in this year’s appointments to the role of NIHR Senior Investigator.
John Geddes wins the 2016 ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award
11 April 2016
Head of the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, has won the prestigious award from the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology in recognition of his ground-breaking work on the psychopharmacology of bipolar disorder.
Lauren Atkinson wins Junior Science Award
23 March 2016
Research Assistant from the Department of Psychiatry is recognised at the British and Irish Group for the Study of Personality Disorder (BIGSPD).
The Conversation: Rare single gene mutation increases risk of schizophrenia 35-fold, new study suggests
16 March 2016
Professor Elizabeth Tunbridge explains.
Blog: Increased vulnerability of migrants: non-affective psychosis in Sweden
16 March 2016
Dr Mina Fazel writes for 'The Mental Elf' in response to a new paper published in the BMJ.
BBC World Service: Why does funk music make us want to dance?
14 March 2016
Professor Morten Kringelbach, from the University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, explains how we get pleasure from certain kinds of syncopated beats.
Photo Gallery: the new OHBA scanner arrives
9 March 2016
On 8 March, the Department of Psychiatry watched - with baited breath - as its new MRI Scanner was winched out of a lorry and lowered into position by crane, to take up residence in the new Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity (OHBA).
BBC File on 4: Dementia - what do we know?
2 March 2016
Prof Simon Lovestone features in this investigative radio programme that explores the balance for the need for more research with the need for better care for people living with dementia.
Huff Post: Mindfulness in Schools featured in new campaign - 'Young Minds Matter'
22 February 2016
The Myriad Study, originating from the Oxford Mindfulness Centre, is profiled in a new series, guest curated by the Duchess of Cambridge, that centres around children and mental and emotional health.