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

The brain’s structural network. The hubs of this network continue to develop during adolescence.

Opinion: How mapping teenagers’ brains has helped us understand more about schizophrenia

15 Mar 2017

Teenage years can be difficult enough, but for people affected by schizophrenia, this is when symptoms first tend to arise. Dr Kirstie Whitaker (...

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Opinion: New ways to treat depression in teenagers

08 Mar 2017

Prime Minister Theresa May recently announced measures to improve mental health support at every stage of a person’s life, with an emphasis on early...

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OCD Letter Blocks

Patients with OCD have difficulty learning when a stimulus is safe

06 Mar 2017

People who suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) are poorer at learning about the safety of a stimulus than healthy volunteers, which may...

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Lonely teenager

Teenagers who access mental health services see significant improvements, study shows

18 Jan 2017

Young people with mental health problems who have contact with mental health services are significantly less likely to suffer from clinical...

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Patients recovering from depression show improvements in memory from the drug modafinil

17 Jan 2017

Modafinil, a drug used to treat narcolepsy – excessive daytime sleepiness – can improve memory in patients recovering from depression, according to...

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Teenagers could see long-term benefits from new treatments for depression

01 Dec 2016

More than two-thirds of adolescents who suffer from depression could see long-term benefits from receiving one of three psychological treatments – of...

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Facebook updates could provide a window to understanding – and treating – mental health disorders

28 Oct 2016

Our Facebook status updates, ‘likes’ and even photos could help researchers better understand mental health disorders with the right ethical...

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Depressing fog

Anti-inflammatory drugs could help treat symptoms of depression, study suggests

18 Oct 2016

Anti-inflammatory drugs similar to those used to treat conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis could in future be used to treat some...

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Opinion: How to build a mentally healthy workplace - step-by-step

10 Oct 2016

Mental health has long been the Cinderella of healthcare: left to scrape an existence while the bulk of funding and attention goes elsewhere. As we...

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Have we misunderstood post-traumatic stress disorder?

19 Aug 2016

In understanding war-related post-traumatic stress disorder, a person’s cultural and professional context is just as important as how they cope with...

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Teenager

Changes in brain structure during teenage years provide clues to onset of mental health problems

25 Jul 2016

Scientists have mapped the structural changes that occur in teenagers’ brains as they develop, showing how these changes may help explain why the...

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Anxiety

Women and people under the age of 35 at greatest risk of anxiety

06 Jun 2016

Women are almost twice as likely to experience anxiety as men, according to a review of existing scientific literature, led by the University of...

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