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Seven in ten patients hospitalised with COVID-19 not fully recovered five months after discharge
News published on March 25, 2021
A majority of survivors who left hospital following COVID-19 had not fully recovered five months after discharge and continued to experience negative impacts on their physical and mental health, as well as their ability to work, according to results released by a major national study into the longer-term effect of the COVID-19.
New transatlantic partnership to transform research and clinical landscapes in mental health
News published on March 24, 2021
A new agreement between Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, the University of Oxford, the University of Toronto and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto, has been formalised with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the four organisations.
COVID-19: research suggests large number of infection survivors will experience cognitive complications
News published on March 4, 2021
A research review led by Oxford Brookes University has found a large proportion of COVID-19 survivors will be affected by neuropsychiatric and cognitive complications
Training and volunteer opportunity: Community research
News published on February 5, 2021
Three volunteers wanted for a community action research project to help improve health outcomes for Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities
Professor John Geddes appointed WA Handley Chair of Psychiatry
News published on January 31, 2021
Professor John Geddes, Director of Research at Oxford Health and Director of the Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre, has been appointed to the WA Handley Professorship of Psychiatry and will take up this post in November 2021. He will be a fellow of Merton College. A donation from the WA Handley Trust endowed the first … Read more
Working in COVID-19 research: running a vaccine study
News published on January 28, 2021
Angela Minassian is the principal investigator on a trial of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by US company Novavax, which has recruited 463 participants at the NIHR cognitive health Clinical Research Facility, based at Oxford’s Warneford Hospital
Parental Mental Health Worse Since New National Restrictions
News published on January 20, 2021
Parental stress, depression, and anxiety have again increased since new national restrictions have been introduced according to the latest report from the Oxford University led COVID-19 Supporting Parents, Adolescents, and Children in Epidemics (Co-SPACE) study based on data from over 6000 UK parents.
Thousands of participants take part in Oxfordshire COVID-19 research
News published on December 22, 2020
Oxford’s role in vital research in response to pandemic.
Personalised kits help calm patients in distress
News published on December 16, 2020
A new initiative on Sandford Ward at the Fulbrook Centre has brought personalised self-soothe kits to support patients in distress.
Take part in an online survey about COVID-19 and mental health
News published on December 3, 2020
Researchers at the National Centre for Mental Health (NCMH) want to know how the lives of people with lived experience of a mental illness have been affected by the COVID-19 virus.