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South African and Brazilian Youth Leaders Reimagine Global Mental Health Care

Child Mind Intitute

Through a unique partnership with the Ministry of Education, they are transforming schools into welcoming and inclusive spaces, where conflicts are resolved collaboratively and where respect and diversity are valued. Both groups shared challenges they face in integrating racism and sexism into conversations around mental health.

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

Psychiatric Times

Psychiatric Leadership in the Age of Influencers Author(s): Raina Aggarwal, MD Social media shapes mental health discourse, but misinformation and self-diagnosis risks arise as non-professionals dominate the conversation. A larger audience can potentially relate to and benefit from information about mental health.

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From Roundtables to Global Panels: Youth Mental Health Commands World Stage for International Youth Day 2025

Child Mind Intitute

Fresh perspectives, bold ideas, and cross-sector approaches from Brazil to New York New York, USA and Brasília, Brazil — The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Global Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health at the Child Mind Institute is mobilizing young advocates and cross-sector stakeholders for International Youth Day 2025.

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Collaborative Solutions: Cross-Sector Partnerships Transforming Mental Health Data Systems Across Cultures

Child Mind Intitute

Mental health conditions now account for a staggering 16 percent of the noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) burden, with disproportionate impacts on young people living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Humanitarian imperative New research projects that expand mental health interventions could contribute USD 4.3

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

Department of Psychiatry News

Professor Cathy Creswell , from Oxford’s Department of Experimental Psychology and lead for the NIHR ARC OxTV’s mental health across the life course theme, recently visited Chile to establish the project. In February 2023, it was recommended for use in the NHS by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

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

Department of Psychiatry News

I was tremendously excited at the launch to see the latest data in patients with Parkinson’s disease and in children.’ 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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Oxford strengthens global mindfulness research with £1 million gift

Department of Psychiatry News

Shutterstock Generously contributed by Daria and Dmitri Bukhman of Bukhman Philanthropies, the gift will bolster Oxford’s pioneering research and help expand mindfulness-based cognitive therapy – an evidence-based approach that helps people recover from depression, enjoy mental health and flourish.