The Oxford Academic Health Partners (OAHP) recently published a spotlight feature on Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (OH BRC), in conversation with our Director Professor Rachel Upthegrove MBE. The piece…
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…
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…
Mental health research is changing and the public is leading the way. In recent years, the role of patients, carers, and communities in shaping research has evolved from passive participation…
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…
At Oxford Health, we believe research should be accessible to everyone. We’re preparing to launch Count Me In following its pilot in 2021, a pioneering approach to make it easier…
This year’s World Mental Health Day theme “Access to Services – Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies” resonates with many during these uncertain times. At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust…
MQ is the UK’s leading mental health research charity and it has launched its new grant round for funding for a Fellowship award. The MQ Fellows Award empowers exceptional early-career…
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…
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…
Dr Dominic O’Connor, Research Associate at the University of Manchester, is working with the NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) Mission’s Children and Young People’s Mental Health workstream to explore the…
The NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) Mission’s Children and Young Peoples’ (CYP) Workstream, led by Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Helen Minnis at the University of Glasgow,…
Recently, stakeholders from across the mental health research landscape gathered at the Science Gallery in London for a workshop hosted by the NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) Mission’s…
The NIHR has announced a £6.5 million investment to establish a UK-wide Commercial Research Delivery Centre (CRDC) Network, hosted by University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. This new network will…
A significant number of people who experience psychosis face long-term challenges with their mental, physical, and social health. The Early Intervention Mission is a UK-wide study aiming to improve early…
The NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) Showcase, held recently at the Royal College of General Practitioners in London, was a vibrant celebration of progress and partnership in mental…
A drug used for Parkinson’s disease has been shown to be effective in reducing the symptoms of difficult to treat depression, in a study led by the University of Oxford….
New research has found that a mindfulness-based psychological therapy that incorporates elements from cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), may help to reduce symptoms in people with difficult-to-treat depression (DTD). The paper,…
Researchers from the NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) Mission’s Children and Young People’s (CYP) Mental Health workstream have recently published a paper on brain stimulation in teenagers with Neurofibromatosis Type…
Recently, the NIHR Mental Health Translation Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) Mission Psychosis Network was launched to facilitate collaboration between psychosis researchers and clinicians in the UK. The network aims to facilitate…
