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99 Pubs and Zero Followers? Psychiatric Leadership in the Age of Influencers

Psychiatric Times

How accurate is mental health advice on TikTok? August 1, 2022. October 13, 2022. Experts express concern over mental health advice on social media. Psychiatric leadership in the 21st century: navigating transformative roles in global mental health. Accessed July 8, 2025. May 8, 2023.

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New OPM-MEG brain scanner installed at the Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity (OHBA)

Department of Psychiatry News

Gender inequality linked to brain structure Moderate Drinking Linked to Brain Iron and Cognitive Decline First of its kind in UK - Innovative New Brain Health Centre First in Europe to acquire latest MEG Technology from MEGIN © 2025 Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7JX Freedom of Information Privacy Notice Copyright Statement (..)

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Oxford-developed support for child anxiety to be adapted for families in Chile

Department of Psychiatry News

Schools encouraged to be part of major wellbeing survey for 9-18 year olds British and Japanese young people make mental health recommendations for public health emergencies BMI, blood pressure and physical activity levels in childhood linked to brain differences Radical rethink of mental health support for adolescents needed – new study Shaping the (..)

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Oxford strengthens global mindfulness research with £1 million gift

Department of Psychiatry News

Our support aims to advance global mental health by promoting evidence-based mindfulness approaches that empower individuals to prioritise wellbeing and live healthier, more resilient lives." Search NIHR OXFORD HEALTH BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE NEWS Please follow the link below to read the news on the NIHR BRC website.

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“There’s No Word for Depression in Zulu”: Inside South Africa’s Mental Health Crisis

Mad in America

R esearch has found South Africa consistently ranks in the bottom three performing countries in terms of global mental health. In 2022 South Africa took the second-lowest position, with the UK ranking worst. The UK and South Africa shared lowest place in the 2021 report. and 29%, respectively. medicines respectively.

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A Psycho-Spiritual Journey

Mad in America

I used it this way up until early 2022, monitoring my own prodromal symptoms and taking the medication whenever I felt a period of instability building up and then tapering off as soon as possible after the episode had passed.

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Part 4: Neurodiversity: New Paradigm, or Trojan Horse?

Mad in America

Even more concerning is the potential for this trend to be exported to non-Western cultures, as has happened with the diagnostic model under the much-criticised Movement for Global Mental Health. 2022) A critique of critical psychiatry. Tekin & R. Bluhm (Eds.), The Bloomsbury Companion to Philosophy of Psychiatry (pp.