New research, supported by our BRC Molecular Targets’ Theme Co-Leads Professors Paul Harrison and Rachel Upthegrove and BRC Dementia Theme Co-Lead Professor Masud Husain, has found that patients who were…
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…
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…
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….
Oxford University announces four new online therapies for anxiety and PTSD, now available on the NHS. The therapies target childhood anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders and were developed with support form…
The new recombinant shingles vaccine ‘Shingrix’ is associated with a reduced risk of dementia compared to an earlier shingles vaccine, according to a major new study published in Nature Medicine….
Academia Meets Industry – Grand Challenges and New Horizons 16th September 2024, Mathematical Institute, Oxford The New Therapeutic Approaches in Translational Mental Health conference will bring together industry, academic and…
Recently, visitors to Oxford’s Westgate Centre were able to learn about the world-class healthcare research taking place in the city. The annual Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Open Day, hosted by…
New research from Oxford’s Department of Education has revealed the current picture of mental health and diversity support in schools in the Midlands. The research compiled feedback from 48 primary…
Come and join us for our BRC Open Day at the Westgate Centre in Oxford between 10am and 3.30pm on Thursday 30 May. The event – held jointly with Oxford…
Opportunity for research posts that align with the Mental Health Mission Work Packages, and Demonstrator sites. Deadline for application: 1 March 2024 Queries to MHM-capacity@manchester.ac.uk. MHM Work Packages Capacity development…
New research from the University of Oxford has revealed that an online programme that empowers parents to apply Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) principles in their child’s day to day lives…
Researchers from a wide range of disciplines have been appointed to be the next cohort of NIHR Oxford Senior Research Fellows – seven mid-career researchers identified as having the potential to become future…
BReal (“Building stress resilience in early adolescents’ lives”) is a public engagement collaboration between NDCN, Psychiatry, and Experimental Psychology departments at the University of Oxford (hosted by the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging)….
Oxford University Professor of Mindfulness and OH BRC Flourishing and Wellbeing Theme Leader Willem Kuyken recently published an article in the Times Education Supplement (TES) discussing the importance of “flourishing”…
ORIGIN aims to have a positive impact on the mental health of 16–24-year-olds. The research is led by Dr Rebecca Syed Sheriff at the University of Oxford and builds on very promising…
A study looking at the longer-term impact of COVID-19 has found that nearly a third of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 displayed abnormalities in multiple organs five months after being…
High levels of two proteins at the time of COVID-19 have been found in patients who later experienced cognitive problems, including ‘brain fog’. The findings give a major clue as…
New research shows the link between sleep and psychosis in young people at high risk of psychosis and highlights the importance of effective psychological treatment. Evidence says that chronic sleep…
In order to carry out mental health research related to children and young people, a team of researchers from the Depts of Experimental Psychology and Psychiatry at The University of Oxford are…
