New findings of a study looking into the complex relationship between antidepressants and the gut microbiome offers fresh insights into how gut bacteria may shape the success of depression treatments….
The largest analysis of global trial data shows clinical nitrous oxide as a promising rapid-acting treatment for depressive disorders. Patients with major depressive disorder, including those who have not responded…
Congratulations to eight leading academics affiliated with Oxford Health BRC who have been recognised in Clarivate’s prestigious Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list, which identifies the world’s most influential scientists whose…
Music, dance, art, drama, and poetry therapies are effective in treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents across the globe. Published in Nature Mental Health, the study is…
A more holistic approach is urgently needed to treat people with epilepsy and co-occurring mental health disorders, according to a new paper in the British Journal of Psychiatry. Led by…
One of the UK’s first Brain Health Clinic is marking two major milestones as it celebrates five years since it launched and more than 500 patients using its services. Dedicated…
A new study has shed light on how advertisements for alcoholic, alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks affect what people choose to buy. The research, funded by the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical…
Recently, PhD student Kiranpreet Gill, an Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre researcher in the Depression Therapeutics Theme based at Birmingham University, undertook training in Zurich, using a £3,000 pump priming…
Dr Helen Casey, Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, is working with the NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) Mission’s Children and Young People’s Mental Health workstream to advance research…
A new study led by the Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre’s (OH BRC) Preventing Multiple Morbidities Theme offers new insights into how we measure quality of life for adults living…
Recently, the Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH) held its annual awards ceremony to recognise high quality work in evidence-based science in the field of child and adolescent mental health (CAMH). Several research colleagues from OH BRC’s Mental Health in Development…
Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (OH BRC) Data Science Theme researchers are involved in a new project, providing evidence needed to create safe and effective ways to reduce reliance on…
As we mark 25 years since the first clinical trial demonstrating ketamine’s antidepressant effects in people with major depressive disorder, researchers from Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (OH BRC) have published…
Two Oxford researchers have contributed to the recent major update of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Real-World Evidence Framework, which helps deliver the use of real-world…
In spring this year, young people who had been adopted came together with University of Manchester researchers to produce two videos about their experience of taking part in research. The young people took part in SOCIAL, a National Institute for Health and…
OH BRC’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) team are pleased to share the launch of the OH BRC Research Inclusion Hub, an online collection of resources designed to support researchers in embedding inclusive practices across the research cycle. Evidence from…
Research funded by the Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (OH BRC) has found that socioeconomic inequalities in children’s mental health are evident by age five and persist throughout childhood and…
Dr Asha Ladwa, NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) Mission Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Research Psychologist at the University of Exeter’s Mood Disorders Centre has shared her experience of taking part in the…
New research from the University of Oxford, supported by the Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre’s (OH BRC) Preventing Multiple Morbidities Theme, has found that people with severe mental illness (SMI)…
A new academic paper, published in the journal Brain, explores how the National Health Service (NHS) can improve its research delivery by learning from private sector organisations. The paper, titled…
