Vice-Chancellor Professor Rama Thirunamachandran explains how and why the government urgently needs to support universities with training key public service professionals.
Does soil make you feel good?
A recent report suggests microbes found in soil may have an antidepressant effect and as it’s National Gardening Week, and the country is still on lockdown – some are spending more time planting and pruning. John Hills asks if soil can make us feel good?
Five ways to wellbeing in lockdown
Principal Lecturer Anne Cooke gives five tips to help look after our mental health and wellbeing during lockdown.
‘When schizophrenia isn’t schizophrenia’
This Saturday marks ‘World Encephalitis Day’ raising awareness of syndromes caused by brain inflammation, but as Joel Petch, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health and Bioscience at Christ Church and Dan W Joyce, Research fellow from the University of Oxford discuss, some cases may be misdiagnosed as a form of schizophrenia, not encephalitis and this has the potential to delay the correct treatment.
Yes, it is political: looking at our children’s mental health.
Joel Petch, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health and Clinical Science, discusses the dramatic rise of food banks in the UK and why we should take a closer look at how this is affecting our children’s mental health.
Aducanumab – how excited should we be?
Joel Petch, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health and Clinical Science, discusses the potential of a new drug to assist in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
The importance of physical activity and health education to support mental health
On World Mental Health Day, Dr Kristy Howells, discusses the power of physical activity and how it can improve the mental health of children and adults.
Putting local top quality dementia care on the map
Academics from the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing explain the importance of raising awareness and greater understanding within our communities of dementia to help advance dementia care.
The Obesity Apocalypse: An invitation to blame fat people!
Professor Mike Weed gives his view on the head of NHS England’s warning on obesity-related cancer…