The Midlands Mental Health & Neuroscience PhD Programme for Healthcare Professionals (MMHN DTP at the Universities of Nottingham, Birmingham, Leicester and Warwick) has secured major new funding from Wellcome to…
Our Biomedical Research Centre’s (BRC) Mental Health in Development Theme colleagues were delighted to welcome researchers, clinicians, students, and colleagues from across the UK to the launch of the AIM…
Body-focused repetitive behaviours (BFRBs) such as hair pulling, skin picking and chronic nail biting affect millions of people, yet they remain widely misunderstood and often hidden from view. In this…
The Mental Health Platform (MHP) recently celebrated its first Early Career Researchers (ECR) Connect Day event in Oxford. Bringing together researchers across a broad range of areas in mental health,…
The shingles vaccine currently in use, called ‘Shingrix’, is associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular events – including heart attacks, heart failure and stroke – compared to the previous…
A medicine widely used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity has been linked to fewer memory and thinking problems in people with psychiatric disorders. The study, led by researchers…
Students from a secondary school in Oxford recently spent an afternoon helping shape the direction of a new study into what matters most to young people at school, through artwork. The session was…
Researchers from Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Oxford’s Department of Psychiatry and Population Health, with colleagues at Harvard Medical School, have published a study in JAMA…
Recently, the University of Glasgow’s Centre for Developmental Adversity and Resilience hosted an event exploring the future of child attachment assessment. Child attachment assessments evaluate the quality of a child’s emotional bonds with…
Parents and carers of neurodivergent children are open to the use of digital tools in neurodevelopmental assessments, provided they are safe, accessible and designed around families’ needs, according to a new study. …
The NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) Mission Capacity Development workstream and charity partner MQ Mental Health Research are working together to demystify Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) in mental health and widen…
The NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) Mission recently showcased its work in embedding research within routine mental health care during a dedicated session at the Royal College of…
Researchers from NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC): Oxford Health Depression Therapeutics Theme have published new study findings that could help pave the way for a new generation of treatments for…
Five innovative research projects have been launched following the latest NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC): Oxford Health Depression Therapeutics Theme Pump Priming funding call. The Pump Priming awards provide up…
The chemical histamine – widely associated with the body’s allergy response – shapes how the brain forms memories and handles negative experiences, according to a new University of Oxford study….
In the latest of our 60 second interview series, we spoke with Dr Graham Blackman, Senior Clinical Researcher in the University of Oxford’s Department of Psychiatry and Consultant Psychiatrist at Oxford…
Count Me In is an Oxford Health and BRC: Oxford Health supported initiative that gives patients the choice to hear about research opportunities they may be eligible for, so they…
A large study of more than 1 million matched patient pairs finds that serious infections across the body are followed by increased risks of psychiatric and neurological diagnoses, especially in…
A ground-breaking new study, led by the University of Oxford and funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), suggests that needle phobia can be successfully treated…
Could salsa dancing help young adults experiencing depressive symptoms feel better? A new randomised controlled trial led by researchers at the University of Oxford’s Department of Psychiatry and Oxford Health…
