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« Back to NewsNew therapies developed by Oxford experts offer online support for anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders
31 July 2024
Four internet-based therapies developed by our experts are proving helpful for patients with social anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorders and for children with anxiety disorders.
‘Coming Of Age: How Adolescence Shapes Us’ - A Q&A with Lucy Foulkes
29 July 2024
Impact Media Mental health Research
Many congratulations to Dr Lucy Foulkes who has recently published her latest book ‘Coming of Age: How Adolescence Shapes Us’ (Penguin, July 2024)
PTSD in healthcare workers during pandemic could be exacerbated by past trauma
29 October 2021
While some of the high rates of post-traumatic stress (PTSD) seen in healthcare workers during the pandemic are specifically COVID-19-related, a more significant number of cases were linked to trauma that occurred earlier in their lives, researchers at the University of Oxford have found.
New Policy Briefing Addresses Mental Health Effects of the Pandemic on Young People
8 October 2021
In the Briefing, a team of researchers at King’s College London and Oxford University highlight the multiple effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on children and young people in the UK in their education and daily life, including challenges around social isolation, academic pressures, adjusting to online learning and coping with reopening of schools.
Future-Proofing Mental Health
10 May 2021
UK academics are calling for targets for mental health research in order to meet the healthcare challenges of the next decade. Published today in Journal of Mental Health, researchers set out four overarching goals that will speed up implementation of mental health research and give a clear direction for researchers and funders to focus their efforts when it comes to better understanding the treatment of mental health.
Building quality, diversity and publicity for mental health research
10 October 2019
Career Department General Impact Media Public Engagement
In a move that will transform future mental health research, Prof Elaine Fox has been made the national Mental Health Impact and Engagement Coordinator for UK Research and Innovation. Read more to find out more about what this means for supporting improved mental health research across the UK.
NIHR grant supports research into anxiety disorders in young children
21 August 2019
Professor Cathy Creswell of the Departments of Experimental Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Oxford has been awarded a £2.5 million grant from the National Institute for Health Research to develop and evaluate procedures for identifying and treating anxiety disorders in primary school aged children.
BBC documentary on anxiety
15 May 2019
Impact Media Public Engagement
As part of its Mental Health Season, BBC 1 showed their documentary on anxiety presented by Great British Bake Off Winner, Nadiya Hussain. The show featured Professor of Experimental Psychology, David Clark, who discusses with Nadiya the various features of anxiety.