Recently, the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre’s Mental Health in Development (MHID) Theme Meeting bought together researchers, clinicians, and collaborators at New Radcliffe House. The event showcased the MHID…
The successful parent-led programme, developed with support from the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (OH BRC) and the Applied Research Collaboration Oxford and Thames Valley (ARC OxTV), is being…
Neurodiversity Week, celebrated recently, was a week-long celebration aimed at raising awareness and promoting understanding of neurodiversity, a concept that acknowledges the naturally occurring variations in human neurocognitive capabilities. Neurodiversity…
The Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre (M-RIC) in Liverpool is one of two National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Mental Health Translational Research Centre (MH-TRC) Mental Health Mission…
The Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (OH BRC) December 2024 newsletter is available on our newsletters web page: Issue 11 – Oxford Health BRC Newsletters – NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical…
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…
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…
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…
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…
In a piece published recently in The Conversation, new research from Health Economics Research Centre Associate Professor Mara Violato and colleagues has found that the consequences of anxiety disorders in…
The University of Oxford technologies, Online Support and Intervention for Child Anxiety (OSI) and Online Social anxiety Cognitive therapy for Adolescents (OSCA) were among four digital tools recommended for use…