Department of Psychiatry News

JUNE 19, 2025

A new Optically Pumped Magnetometers (OPM-MEG) brain scanner has been installed at the Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity (OHBA), based at the Department of Psychiatry. By measuring tiny magnetic fields generated by the activity of neurons in the brain the OPM-MEG scanner reveals which areas are active during specific tasks.

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Genetics and mental health Trauma and the brain Aging and mental health Sleep and mental health 52

Department of Psychiatry News

JUNE 24, 2025

Cookies on this website We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you click Accept all cookies well assume that you are happy to receive all cookies and you wont see this message again. The work has already been featured in the countrys leading newspaper, El Mercurio.

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Genetics and mental health Trauma and the brain Aging and mental health Sleep and mental health 52

Department of Psychiatry News

JUNE 12, 2025

Cookies on this website We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you click Accept all cookies well assume that you are happy to receive all cookies and you wont see this message again. Daria Bukhman is an educator, health coach and wellbeing expert.

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Genetics and mental health Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain Sleep and mental health 98

ADDitude

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Epigenetic tags allow each of these cells to “read” only the parts of the DNA sequence that are relevant to them, in order to become skin cells, liver cells, brain cells, muscle cells, and other unique cells with the right structure and functions for their specific role. Yet, genetic influences are less fixed than one might think.

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Genetics and mental health Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain Sleep and mental health 71

Department of Psychiatry News

JULY 1, 2025

Cookies on this website We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you click Accept all cookies well assume that you are happy to receive all cookies and you wont see this message again. The award was created in her memory following her death in March last year.

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Genetics and mental health Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain Sleep and mental health 52

Now Psych

MARCH 25, 2024

Brain Changes in People with Borderline Personality Disorder Studies have found that people with BPD have abnormalities in the function and structure in some parts of the brain such as the amygdala and prefrontal cortex. These parts of the brain are related to emotional regulation and impulse control.

Personality disorders 52

Personality disorders Genetics and mental health Trauma and the brain Self-awareness 52

Mad in America

MAY 7, 2025

H ello, my name is Bob Whitaker, and today I have the pleasure of speaking with Kermit Cole. We’ll be speaking about a philosophical enterprise that Kermit is now deeply engaged in. That is, broadly speaking, how humor can help in creating a shared experience that is helpful to the healing process. Listen to the audio of the interview here.

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Trauma and the brain Self-awareness Hospitality 81