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Read more at: Premature birth changes wiring constraints in neonatal structural brain networks

Premature birth changes wiring constraints in neonatal structural brain networks

12 February 2025

How the brain organizes in utero is associated with cognition and behaviour in later life. Infants born early have differently organized brain networks than infants born at term. Our study used the developing Human Connectome Project data to explore structural topology across neonates born at different gestational ages...

Read more at: Loneliness linked to higher risk of heart disease and stroke and susceptibility to infection

Loneliness linked to higher risk of heart disease and stroke and susceptibility to infection

11 February 2025

Read more at: Our research can help boost your life

Our research can help boost your life

7 February 2025

Read more at: Mindfulness for Adolescents and Carers (MAC): A New Hope for Teen Depression in England

Mindfulness for Adolescents and Carers (MAC): A New Hope for Teen Depression in England

8 November 2024

A groundbreaking initiative is underway across England aimed at tackling depression in teenagers. The ATTEND programme, led by Professors Tamsin Ford (University of Cambridge) and Patrick Smith (King’s College London), seeks to provide an innovative, family-inclusive approach to mental health care in the form of a new...

Read more at: Mortality associated with clozapine: what is the evidence?

Mortality associated with clozapine: what is the evidence?

8 November 2024

Consultant psychiatrist and researcher Emilio Fernandez-Egea have published a statement with the president of the Royal College of Psychiatry and UK leaders in psychopharmacology in The British Journal of Psychatrydebunking the conception that clozapine is associated with high mortality. While clozapine has risks, the...

Read more at: Magnetic field applied to both sides of brain shows improvement for depression

Magnetic field applied to both sides of brain shows improvement for depression

6 November 2024

A type of therapy that involves applying a magnetic field to both sides of the brain is effective at rapidly treating depression in patients for whom standard treatments have been ineffective. Our accelerated approach means we can do all of the sessions in just five days, rapidly reducing an individual’s symptoms of...

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