Analysis published earlier this month in The Lancet Psychiatry shows that a lower dose of the most commonly used second-generation antidepressants achieves the best balance of effectiveness and tolerability in…
Cristal Health, a new spinout from Oxford, has been developed as a sustainable way to accelerate the UK-CRIS programme. The UK-CRIS network operates a managed service for secure access to…
Do you have experience of treatment resistant depression either as a patient or a carer? Are you interested in medical research? Would you like to share your experience and interest…
Experts from the Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and Clinical Research Facility (CRF) came together on Monday 20th May to showcase their latest research at our annual mental health…
Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre has launched an international survey to gather information about the side effects of antidepressants. Aimed at both patients and prescribers, results of the survey will…
We are pleased to invite UK and EU applications for a doctoral degree within the Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre and the Centre for Evidence Based Mental Health, in the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Oxford. The doctoral degree will start in October 2019.
Are you interested in mental health and dementia research? Join our open day to find out about our current work! When: Monday 20 May 2019, 10am – 2pm Where: St…
The Early Psychosis Research Group is looking for patient and carer members to join their group! We are a research group from the University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry who…
Cannabis is the most commonly used recreational drug by teenagers worldwide. In Canada, among youth aged 15 to 19 years, the rate of past-year cannabis use is 20.6%, while in…
The country’s top mental health researchers and clinicians are joining forces to solve some of the greatest mental health challenges facing the UK public. The group of investigators, based in…
The Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is launching a new Brain Health Centre to offer patients access to better quality diagnosis and treatment after they have been referred by…
On Thursday 12 July, the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre and Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Local Network are hosting the 2018 Oxford Dementia Research Day. The event has been…
Researchers at Oxford Health BRC are developing a smartphone app to support patient choice about antipsychotic medications and side effects. The app will ask patients to choose the side effects…
What is patient and public involvement in mental health research? Why is it important? How can people get involved? We’ve launched a short animated film to answer these questions and…
We are looking a patient, carer or public member to join our CRIS Oversight Group. What is CRIS? CRIS (Clinical Records Interactive Search) is a software solution that removes information…
Researchers working on NIHR & MRC-funded Dementias Platform UK’s Deep and Frequent Phenotyping study find that wearable devices could be a way of monitoring the early progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
