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 impact on mental health that could result in an increased demand for support services. The research, led by the University of Exeter and the University of Cambridge, […]
Archives for November 2022
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. Research group: Voon Lab Supervisor: Valerie Voon Advisor: Paul Wilkinson and Graham Murray Can you give us a short background into what your PhD/MPhil was about? […]
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 dysfunction?” WATCH the Lecture online here>> Professor Belinda Lennox Belinda’s research is on discovering the causes of psychotic illness and improving its treatment. Psychotic […]
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 orders, and the emerging concern about the long-term effects of the pandemic might be expected to exert a toll that could endure long after the pandemic has receded. […]