News and events
Latest news and forthcoming events and seminars from the School of Psychology.
Latest news
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- A project to improve outcomes for patients with early psychosis by developing a digital register, and personal health care recommendation tool has been launched by experts at the University of Birmingham.
- Date:
- 29/11/2021
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- Identifying specific facial features that can be used to distinguish a child's face from an adult's may offer a useful tool for determining whether children are depicted in indecent images of children.
- Date:
- 19/11/2021
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- Future healthcare professionals working in mental health and neurosciences will be trained at a new Doctoral Training Programme (DTP) thanks to a multi-million award from Wellcome.
- Date:
- 09/11/2021
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- Older adults around the world are more willing to donate to charity than younger people, but will prioritise charitable organisations operating within their own country, new research finds.
- Date:
- 12/10/2021
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- Humans read by 'pre-processing' written words to create a pipeline of meaning, according to new research at the University of Birmingham.
- Date:
- 21/09/2021
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- A guide to help young people talk to their GP about self-harm and suicidal experiences has been developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham in partnership with a group of youth advisors.
- Date:
- 10/09/2021
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- A study of sexual violence in Kenya during the Covid-19 pandemic finds that children were more likely than adults to be attacked by somebody familiar to them.
- Date:
- 09/09/2021
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- Alcohol and other substance use play complex roles in suicidal behaviour among young people. Gaining a better understanding of these impacts can help services better support young people, according to a new study.
- Date:
- 06/09/2021