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TOPIC Research Team
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The Oxford Psychological Interventions for Children and adolescents (TOPIC) Research Team is a multi-group team based in the
Depts of Experimental Psychology & Psychiatry, University of Oxford
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mhrincubator.bsky.social
A fantastic opportunity for healthcare professionals seeking to combine a clinical and academic career in mental health research!

Fully-funded PhD @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social starting in Oct 2026

mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/fully-funded...
Fully-funded PhD in Mental Health Research for Health Professionals at KCL – apply now – Mental Health Research
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October 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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mhrincubator.bsky.social
We’re very excited to welcome researchers from our GROW & PeCo programmes, writing retreats, internships & more to the 2025 MHR Incubator Gathering! Have a really great day everyone! 😁
November 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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sakshirajesh.bsky.social
Excited to share our new publication out in Depression and Anxiety! A network analysis of dimensions of anhedonia, depression symptoms, and social anxiety symptoms in university students 🧵

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Differential Associations of Anticipatory and Consummatory Anhedonia With Depression and Social Anxiety Symptoms: A Network Analysis of University Students
Background Depression and social anxiety are frequently co-occurring conditions that significantly impact young people. Anhedonia may be important to consider in early interventions for these condit...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
topicgroup.bsky.social
We are recruiting a communications and engagement manager for the new Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research.
Applications close 1/12
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November 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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📢📢 Come and work with us! New research coordinator post to support Wellcome Trust funded research to sustain and scale our digital parent led CBT programme in diverse global settings. Closes 21/11 my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Could you be the Deputy Director of our new Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research? Exciting (permanent) opportunity to push forward research that has a meaningful impact on children, adolescents and families
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October 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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nihrarcs.bsky.social
Since their inception 6 years ago, ARCs have:

🔎 carried out over 3,300 research projects
📰 published over 9,000 papers
🤝 collaborated with 627 partner organisations
💰 leveraged about £1 billion in external funding!

👉🏿 Explore a selection of our work:
mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar...

💫 #ARCimpacts
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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nihrarcs.bsky.social
In the past 6 years, ARCs have worked with over 2,500 public contributors and have recruited over 810,000 study participants
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Thank you to everyone who has made this important applied health & care research possible
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Find out more about our work: mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar...

💫 #ARCimpacts
October 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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This Developing Child UK Priority Setting Partnership is run with the James Lind Alliance and is an exciting opportunity to hear from you about what you want to know about babies' and children's social and emotional wellbeing.

Find out more & complete the survey:

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Survey: The Developing Child UK Priority Setting Partnership - Mental Health in Development
Tell researchers what you want to know about babies’ and children’s social and emotional wellbeing
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October 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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One of our Liverpool partners has published a paper on the lasting consequences of socioeconomic disadvantage on child mental health

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Revealing lasting consequences of socioeconomic disadvantage on child mental health - Mental Health in Development
Research funded by the Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (OH BRC) has found that socioeconomic inequalities in children’s mental health are evident by age five and persist throughout childhood ...
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October 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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ladyzoia.bsky.social
So the Mental Elf blogged about our paper where we examine the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and generalised anxiety at preschool age, and trajectories across childhood. Have a read!
#Anxiety #Uncertainty #IntoleranceOfUncertainty #MentalHealthResearch
thementalelf.bsky.social The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 18d
Preschoolers who find uncertainty hard to handle may be more prone to anxiety later in life, but it’s not that simple.

New research explores how intolerance of uncertainty at age 4 links to anxiety, depression & behaviour problems up to age 10.

#ChildMentalHealth #Anxiety #Uncertainty

🧵 THREAD
October 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Could you be the Deputy Director of our new Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research? Exciting (permanent) opportunity to push forward research that has a meaningful impact on children, adolescents and families
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October 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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📢📢 We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher with strong qual and quant skills for an exciting new project to increase access to a digital intervention for child anxiety problems in Thailand, the Philippines, Chile, Pakistan and Japan! Closes 14 Nov. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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October 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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In this paper we examined how the mental health of parents and offspring related to each other over time during the #COVID19 pandemic. TLDR: It differs markedly with child age doi.org/10.1002/jcv2...

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JCPP Advances | ACAMH Child Development Journal | Wiley Online Library
This study found that parent internalising symptoms predicted internalising symptoms in younger children, with no evidence of child-driven effects. Among adolescents, mental health symptoms showed bi...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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nihrarcs.bsky.social
💫NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) have leveraged around £1 billion in external research funding!

💙Browse a selection of some of our amazing work from across the country:
mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar...

👁️ Follow #ARCimpacts
NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research ARCs have leveraged around £1 billion of external research funding #ARCimpacts
October 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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nihrarcs.bsky.social
Since their inception 6 years ago, ARCs have collaborated with 627 partner organisations across the country, including:

💙230 #NHS partners
🏛️106 local authorities
🎓80 universities

& many more

👉Follow #ARCimpacts & read this summary for more:
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October 21, 2025 at 8:35 AM
topicgroup.bsky.social
We're very excited to see our online intervention that helps parents/carers help their children overcome anxiety problems with remote therapist support reach families in diverse settings around the world. With huge thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social and our fantastic partners around the world 🌎
oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social · 20d
An effective online treatment for childhood anxiety developed by a team at the University of Oxford is to be adapted and tested in five countries in Asia and South America, with the aim of driving widespread implementation in the future.

Read more: tinyurl.com/3wpbu46b
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October 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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NEW: We’re honoured to be ranked number one in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for the tenth consecutive year. 👏
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October 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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🌍Our evidence-based programme for child anxiety is now being adapted for families in Asia and South America.

Online Support and Intervention (OSI) is a therapist-guided, parent-led online Cognitive Behaviour Therapy platform for treating anxiety in children aged 5-12.

🔗https://tinyurl.com/498z9dnx
October 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM
topicgroup.bsky.social
This IS big news! We can't wait to read it!
claremackay.bsky.social Clare Mackay @claremackay.bsky.social · Sep 20
Big news!

I loved researching and writing this book, which is all about shedding the shame, and getting really curious about urges to pick, pull and bite.

I can't wait to share it with you! It's out on April 2nd, and is available to pre-order now.

#bfrb #bfrbs #bodyfocusedrepetitivebehaviors
Picuture showing forthcoming book, called 'Keep your hair on: understanding urges to pick, pull and bite' by Clare Mackay, which will be launched in April 2026
October 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
topicgroup.bsky.social
We are really excited to be a part of this exciting new opportunity 👇👇
oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social · 26d
📢 We're delighted to co-lead the @nihr.bsky.social Thames Valley Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) with @astonuniversity.bsky.social & @oxfordhealthnhs.bsky.social to improve people's health in Thames Valley & beyond, through prevention & innovations in health & social care.

More: bit.ly/4qceCfZ
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October 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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📢 We're delighted to co-lead the @nihr.bsky.social Thames Valley Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) with @astonuniversity.bsky.social & @oxfordhealthnhs.bsky.social to improve people's health in Thames Valley & beyond, through prevention & innovations in health & social care.

More: bit.ly/4qceCfZ
An image and quote by Professor Kam Bhui CBE saying: I’m delighted to be leading an ambitious and talented team to ensure we improve health and social care and reduce health inequalities. We will do this through the implementation of research knowledge to improve commissioning, policy, and practice across university, community, charity and health and social care partners.”
October 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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oxexppsy.bsky.social
Today is Developmental Language Disorder Awareness Day #DLDDay

DLD is a hidden but common disability that affects 1 in 14 people causing difficulties understanding and using language for no known reason.

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Decoding Developmental Language Disorders and Peer Victimisation in Young People
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October 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Important paper here highlighting important research gaps to be addressed in order to improve treatment outcomes for children and young people with Generalised Anxiety Disorder 🔽🔽
lottie-shipp.bsky.social Lottie Shipp @lottie-shipp.bsky.social · 25d
Very pleased to share our latest paper - a systematic review of psychological therapies for primary Generalised Anxiety Disorder in children and adolescents - which has recently been published in JCPP Advances. It’s available here doi.org/10.1002/jcv2..., or keep reading for the key messages! (1/6)
JCPP Advances | ACAMH Child Development Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is common in children and adolescents, and if not successfully treated, has negative consequences for their current and subsequent mental health. Whilst...
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October 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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NEW: The Life and Mind Building is now open 🎉

Home to @biology.ox.ac.uk, @oxexppsy.bsky.social and @ineosoxford.bsky.social, the building will bring together 1,400+ researchers and students to tackle global challenges – from mental health to climate change.

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Exterior view of the Life and Mind building
October 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM