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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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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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The Poetics and Politics of Our Mental Health Metaphors: An Interview with Laurence Kirmayer

Mad in America

I was trained as a psychiatrist working in a general hospital, and I was the consultant to the dialysis unit in our hospital. I have no mental health problems. Their example was around eating disorders, and how ideas of what a woman’s body should look like circulate in mass media and have powerful impacts on people.