University of Manchester - Archive (mental health)
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2023
12
January
2023
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12:57
Europe/London
The first ever trial of a revolutionary group approach to anxiety and depression has shown it is no less effective than the one on one sessions thousands of people receive on the NHS every day....
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2022
25
July
2022
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00:39
Europe/London
A report out today (Monday, July 25) by the Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA) and northern National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaborations (NIHR ARCs), with contributions from University of Manchester researchers...
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21
July
2022
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15:00
Europe/London
A clinical trial of a pioneering therapy which helps people with psychosis and schizophrenia to control frightening and intrusive images is launching in Manchester....
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27
June
2022
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16:55
Europe/London
A new talking therapy for men in prison who struggle with suicidal thoughts and feelings is being launched in the UK....
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21
June
2022
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15:10
Europe/London
A groundbreaking smartphone app for remote digital data collection which aims to predict if an individual will relapse into psychosis is to be trialled across the UK in a £12.5 million study....
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29
March
2022
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07:11
Europe/London
Enhanced versions of the most commonly used talking therapy for depression significantly reduces the illness beyond six months, a meta study of over 15,000 people has concluded....
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23
March
2022
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10:29
Europe/London
A clinical trial has been launched to study a new kind of talking therapy for students who struggle with suicidal thoughts and feelings....
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18
January
2022
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14:59
Europe/London
The relationships between young mental health patients and the nurses looking after them is an overlooked treatment in its own right, according to new research....
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2021
07
December
2021
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15:13
Europe/London
Around 80% of adolescents who died by suicide or who had self-harmed had consulted with their GP or a practice nurse in the preceding year, shows new research.
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07
December
2021
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04:35
Europe/London
People with psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia, are five times more likely to die from Covid-19 and three times more likely to be hospitalised according to new research by University of Manchester health data scientists.
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16
November
2021
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16:00
Europe/London
Those who tested positive for COVID-19 (confirmed by a PCR test) had an increased risk of mental illness, fatigue and sleep problems, finds a new study which analysed the electronic primary care health care records* of 226,521 people from across the ...
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11
November
2021
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17:30
Europe/London
Professor Louis Appleby has won the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, presented at the annual ceremony, held virtually for the second time due to Covid-19.
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03
November
2021
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08:50
Europe/London
Manchester-based researchers have taken an important step towards making it safer for people in prison who are prescribed medication.
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01
November
2021
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16:52
Europe/London
The number of people seeking help for self-harm in primary care (for example from their GP), dropped sharply during the first UK lockdown in 2020. By May 2021 this deficit had not returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to new research that analys...
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16
September
2021
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16:21
Europe/London
Mental health patients who were discharged from or admitted to acute mental health services during the first Covid-19 lockdown experienced loneliness and social isolation, according to a new study.
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21
June
2021
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12:59
Europe/London
A study, led by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) and The University of Manchester (UoM), and funded by the National Institute for Healthcare Research (NIHR), has found that a mental health treatment called Metacognitive Th...
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07
May
2021
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00:08
Europe/London
One in nine adults consistently had very poor or deteriorating mental health during the first six months of the Covid-19 pandemic according to new research.
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12
January
2021
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00:05
Europe/London
During April 2020, while the UK was in full lockdown, there was a drop of more than a third in the number of people seeking help for mental illness or self-harm according to research involving 14 million people registered at general practices across ...
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2020
14
December
2020
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15:14
Europe/London
A study by clinical scientists at The University of Manchester has shown that schizophrenia may - in some part - be caused by disordered functioning of the immune system.
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11
December
2020
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13:02
Europe/London
£474,380.60 has been awarded to fund a 20-month research project to evaluate new NHS staff mental health and wellbeing hubs.
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07
October
2020
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08:16
Europe/London
A radical counselling method could be an effective way to help children with mental health problems returning to school after the COVID-19 lockdown, according to University of Manchester psychologists.
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24
September
2020
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09:03
Europe/London
Electronic health records of approximately a quarter of a million people were analysed to identify the impact of COVID-19 on general practice (primary care) by a patient safety research centre between 1st March and 31st May 2020
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10
September
2020
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04:44
Europe/London
To mark World Suicide Prevention Day on Thursday 10 September a patient safety research centre has created a virtual photographic exhibition, ‘Hope during the COVID-19 Pandemic: perspectives from people with personal experience of self-harm, suicide,...
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20
August
2020
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12:50
Europe/London
A study, led by researchers at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, the University of Manchester and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), has found that young women are most vulnerable to postpartum mental illness.
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24
April
2020
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12:10
Europe/London
Children of mothers with mental illness are significantly less likely to receive preventative health vaccinations during the first five years of life, according to a University of Manchester study.
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2019
27
November
2019
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15:00
Europe/London
Researchers at The University of Manchester have worked with Kooth, an online mental health service for young people, to produce a report on the impact the service has had, and improve mental health treatment across the country.
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05
February
2019
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13:00
Europe/London
An analysis of data from almost 46,000 people has found that weight loss, nutrient boosting and fat reduction diets can all reduce the symptoms of depression.
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25
January
2019
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11:10
Europe/London
A University of Manchester study into social fragmentation in England using data from the last two censuses has revealed an increase from 2001 to 2011, especially for the North of England.
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09
January
2019
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10:00
Europe/London
Children who experience physical, sexual, and emotional abuse or neglect are at least two to three times more likely to attempt suicide in later life, according to the largest research review carried out of the topic.
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2018
16
October
2018
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02:32
Europe/London
People over 65 who harm themselves are more likely to die by suicide than other age groups according to new research published in the Lancet Psychiatry by University of Manchester and Keele University academics.
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