Articles about 'Department of Psychiatry'

Urban neighbourhoods with high deprivation, population density and inequality found to have higher rates of schizophrenia.

Test could be used as an inexpensive screening tool to facilitate early intervention.

Phone therapy also increases access and potentially decreases costs.

Research shows chronic users’ brains age dramatically faster than their non-drug using peers.

New research links well-being in adolescence with life satisfaction in adulthood.

Study on effects of anti-obesity drug on the brain paves way for more effective treatments.

Medication that increases levels of the brain chemical dopamine could open up new ways for helping some heavy users of cocaine and amphetamines kick the habit, researchers from Cambridge have found.

Why do some people with mental illnesses entertain bizarre and seemingly irrational beliefs that make their lives a misery?

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has signed its first agreement with the University to optimise the early clinical development of new GSK medicines for obesity and addictive disorders.

Cambridge researchers have discovered that measuring activity in a region of the brain could help to identify people at risk of developing obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).