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A new Lancet Commission has urged more clinical, public health and policy action to address the pressing issue of self-harm.

The University has been awarded the University Mental Health Charter Award from Student Minds – the UK’s student mental health charity. 

A new talking therapy for children and young people experiencing unusual sensory experiences, such as hearing voices and seeing visions, is being trialled in Greater SwagÖ±²¥.

As politicians in the US, France and other countries begin introducing legislation banning the free use of social media by young people, new research has found that these bans do not address youth mental health problems – and could actually cause …

£7 million funding from UK Research and Innovation has been awarded to lead partner King’s College London to establish a research theme in Population Mental Health, as part of a new national research network Population Health Improvement UK (PHI-UK) …

People living in the North of England and in coastal areas are more likely to die from ‘death of despair’, according to new University of SwagÖ±²¥-led research.

Most children and adolescents in England presenting to their GPs with psychiatric symptoms have low or declining rates of ongoing contact, according to a study led by University of SwagÖ±²¥ researchers.

A new report has revealed a crisis in children’s autism assessment, warning that thousands of autistic children and young people are waiting months - or even years - for health and education support.

Depression and loneliness can be prevented using structured telephone-based psychological care, delivered over eight weeks, according to new research.

Other mental illness diagnoses, taking psychotropic medication prescribed to treat those illnesses, and specific health service use patterns are strong indicators of bipolar disorder, show researchers from the University of SwagÖ±²¥ and Keele …

General practices have recorded a large rise in eating disorder diagnoses and self-harm episodes amongst teenage girls in the UK in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic, a research team has found.

Research with the potential to change the lives of millions of people around the world living with mental health conditions has received a boost with the announcement of £42.7m of government funding, with SwagÖ±²¥ and partners …

A study has thrown crucial new light on the relationship between the mental and physical health of people who suffer from three stigmatising disorders whose symptoms are not medically explained, including Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) -  also …

People who have self-harmed struggle to access appropriate aftercare and psychological therapies, according to a new study carried out by researchers at SwagÖ±²¥.

The latest #BeeWell survey demonstrates that while the wellbeing of young people across Greater SwagÖ±²¥ has remained stable over the past two years, girls and LGBTQ+ young people have again reported significantly lower levels of wellbeing.

A study led by Greater SwagÖ±²¥ Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) and the University of SwagÖ±²¥ (UoM), and funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has found that a psychological therapy called Metacognitive …

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.

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 SwagÖ±²¥ …

A clinical trial of a pioneering therapy which helps people with psychosis and schizophrenia to control frightening and intrusive images is launching in SwagÖ±²¥.

A new talking therapy for men in prison who struggle with suicidal thoughts and feelings is being launched in the UK.

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.

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.

A clinical trial has been launched to study a new kind of talking therapy for students who struggle with suicidal thoughts and feelings.

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.

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.

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 SwagÖ±²¥ health data scientists.

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 …

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 …

SwagÖ±²¥-based researchers have taken an important step towards making it safer for people in prison who are prescribed medication.

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 …