Demand set to rise for young people’s mental health services
The first comprehensive study to evaluate research on the mental health of children and young people using evidence that spanned before and during COVID-19 has found an…
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PhD in focus: Can an app for your phone help alcohol abuse?
PhD student Nele Peerenboom has just completed her PhD in the Development of a Smartphone Intervention for Cognitive Bias Modification in Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol Dependence. …
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Annual Paykel Lecture 2022: Brains on Fire
This year’s annual Paykel Lecture was given by Professor Belinda Lennox from the University of Oxford on “Brains on Fire- is some mental illness caused by immune…
The impact of the initial COVID-19 outbreak on young adults’ mental health
Even though severe disease and any direct neuropsychiatric effects caused by COVID-19 are uncommon in younger people, the psychological, social, educational, and economic effects of repeated stay-at-home…
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Researcher Spotlight
Kwabena Kusi-Mensah
Working with communities in Nigeria and Ghana to develop assessments that are culturally appropriate for children with intellectual disability, autism or some sort of congenital or neurodevelopmental disorder.
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