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Cambridge researchers are advancing understanding of mental illness and wellbeing – and putting this into practice.

Mental health disorders: risks and resilience in adolescence

10 Oct 2018

Deeper understanding of the wiring and rewiring of the adolescent brain is helping scientists pinpoint why young people are especially vulnerable to...

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Mentoring can reduce anxiety, study finds

11 Sep 2018

Mentoring of junior colleagues can reduce anxiety and improve the mental health of the mentors themselves, finds a new study.

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Loneliness is contagious – and here's how to beat it

16 Jul 2018

One in three adults is affected by loneliness. It's time for us to take a risk and let others into our lives, says Olivia Remes, PhD candidate at the...

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The stresses and strains of work and unemployment

26 Jun 2018

A stressful workplace can damage your health. But so too can being out of work. Cambridge researchers are trying to understand why both situations...

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Joanna Waldie

Opinion: how mental health problems can affect early-career researchers

19 May 2018

Herchel Smith postdoctoral research fellow in Physics Dr Joanna Waldie shares her personal story to support Mental Health Awareness Week

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Sense of control and meaning helps protect women from anxiety, study suggests

24 Apr 2018

People who feel in control of their lives and who find purpose and meaning in life are less likely to have anxiety disorders even when going through...

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Keyboard warrior

Many highly-engaged employees suffer from burnout

21 Feb 2018

Underlining the danger of job burnout, a new study of more than 1,000 US workers finds that many employees who are highly engaged in their work are...

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Carol

Study of learning and memory problems in OCD helps young people unlock their potential at school

22 Jan 2018

Adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have widespread learning and memory problems, according to research published today. The...

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Toddler

Experts express concerns over infant mental health assessment

11 Oct 2017

Forty world experts on child development and mental health have released a joint statement calling for caution when applying an influential...

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Cuts to mental health services putting young people at risk, say experts

15 Sep 2017

Funding cuts and austerity measures are damaging young people’s access to mental health services, with potentially long-term consequences for their...

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Depression

Marmoset study provides clues to link between mental health disorders and heart disease

08 May 2017

A team of researchers at Cambridge has identified how two key areas of the brain govern both our emotions and our heart activity, helping explain why...

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The OCD Brain: how animal research helps us understand a devastating condition

28 Mar 2017

OCD can be a devastating condition: therapy and medication often doesn’t work, leaving many people unable to hold down a job or a relationship – or...

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