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

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

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Oxford strengthens global mindfulness research with £1 million gift

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Peer Support and Resistance: Becky Brasfield’s Vision for Mental Health Justice

Mad in America

B ecky Brasfield has emerged as a formidable advocate for change in the complex landscape of mental health care.A She has been a fellow with both the IL Care and HSRI Behavioral Health Policy programs and was appointed Commissioner of the Southeast Expanded Mental Health Services Program.

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

Mad in America

His critiques extend to how psychiatric categories reflect colonial histories and obscure social causes , as well as how attempts to localize mental health interventions may still impose Western norms. L aurence Kirmayer is one of the most influential figures in cultural psychiatry today.

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

Mad in America

Editor’s Note: Mad in the UK and Mad in America are jointly publishing this four-part series on neurodiversity. The series was edited by Mad in the UK editors, and authored by John Cromby and Lucy Johnstone (with part three written by an anonymous contributor). The series is being archived here.

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Award in memory of Dr Valeria Frighi given to psychology trainee Michael Barry

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