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Archives for August 2024

Industry Internships Funding Programme

30th August 2024

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The Mental Health Mission’s (MHM) Capacity Development workstream is inviting applications from researchers employed by or connected to the MHM for industry internship funding. The Industry Internships Funding Programme aims…

Filed Under: Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration and Mental Health Mission, News

Fully-funded GROW programme for Mental Health Mission (MHM) early career researchers

30th August 2024

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The MHM has partnered with the NIHR Incubator for Mental Health Research to offer the GROW programme, a bespoke career development programme open to and designed for MHM early career…

Filed Under: Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration and Mental Health Mission, News

Mental Health Mission (MHM) Implementation Lead praises MHM demonstrator site progress

29th August 2024

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Tim Nicholls, who recently joined the MHM as Implementation Lead, said he was left “optimistic about the work being carried out” after a visit to the Mental Health Research for…

Filed Under: Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration and Mental Health Mission, News

Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility (OH CRF) to present at mental health research conference

27th August 2024

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Colleagues from Oxford Health Research & Development team are attending the International Mental Health Nursing Research Conference, a knowledge sharing event dedicated to research in mental health nursing. Debbie Moll,…

Filed Under: Clinical Research Facility, News Tagged With: dementia

New drug to treat patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s

23rd August 2024

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This week, a product licence for the medicine lecanemab (Leqembi) was approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to treat adult patients in the early stages of…

Filed Under: Clinical Research Facility, Dementia, News

How can coping strategies prevent prolonged grief?

22nd August 2024

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Research supported by University of Oxford’s Department of Experimental Psychology Prof. Anke Ehlers, Theme Lead of the BRC’s Psychological Treatments Theme, has found that the type of coping strategy used…

Filed Under: News, Psychological Treatments

Oxford Health R&D team represented at Dementia Oxfordshire event

22nd August 2024

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Oxford Health research staff will be attending the Autumn Information Fayre on Wednesday 4 September at the Windmill Centre in Deddington to provide information on dementia research taking place in…

Filed Under: Clinical Research Facility, News Tagged With: dementia

What are the barriers and enablers in mental health research?

20th August 2024

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The Mental Health Mission’s Capacity Development (CD) workstream have recently published a report on barriers and enablers to mental health research in the UK, led by Aiste Adomaviciene, Project Manager…

Filed Under: Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration and Mental Health Mission, News

First UK conference on Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviours following Professor’s story about her own experience

20th August 2024

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Oxford will host the first conference of its kind into body-focused repetitive behaviours (BFRBs) such as hair pulling and skin picking next month. It comes just over a year after…

Filed Under: Children, young people and family mental health, Mental Health in Development, News, Online therapies and resources for clinicians

Big Health celebrates big approval

12th August 2024

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A prescription treatment for insomnia developed by Big Health has received US Food and Drug Administration  (FDA) approval this week. Big Health joint co-founder University of Oxford’s Prof Colin Espie…

Filed Under: Better Sleep, News, Online therapies and resources for clinicians

 New study – Serotonin changes how people learn and respond to negative information

9th August 2024

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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…

Filed Under: Depression Therapeutics, News

Largest ever trial of ketamine-assisted therapy for alcohol disorder now recruiting  

9th August 2024

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The largest ever trial to investigate whether ketamine-assisted therapy could help people with alcohol problems stop drinking is now recruiting participants.   The first patients are being screened to see if…

Filed Under: News

Could taking a specific anticonstipation drug reduce your risk of depression?

8th August 2024

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In a new paper published today in BJPsych it is suggested that a specific anti constipation drug, prucalopride may reduce the risk of experiencing depression in individuals with no past…

Filed Under: Depression Therapeutics, Molecular Targets, News

Over 5,000 people took part in Buckinghamshire health research, new figures show

2nd August 2024

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New figures show more than 5,000 people from Buckinghamshire participated in trials in the 12 months from April 2023, including those run at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. They took…

Filed Under: News

Long-term cognitive and psychiatric effects of COVID-19 revealed in new study

1st August 2024

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Many people who were hospitalised with COVID-19 continue to have cognitive and psychiatric problems even two to three years post-infection, according to a new study published today in Lancet Psychiatry….

Filed Under: COVID-19 and psychiatric diagnosis, COVID-19 research, Molecular Targets, News, PHOSP COVID, Psychological Treatments

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