News and events
Latest news and forthcoming events and seminars from the School of Psychology.
Latest news
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- The processes our brains use to avoid harming other people are automatic and reflexive – and quite different from those used when avoiding harm to ourselves, according to new research.
- Date:
- 15/10/2020
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- New treatments which identify existing treatments could be repurposed for effective use in psychosis which can move towards better and more personalised medicine.
- Date:
- 08/10/2020
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- Psychologists at the University of Birmingham are working with The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children to help the charity in its response to children who are at risk of suicide.
- Date:
- 09/09/2020
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- Patients with early onset psychosis may benefit from treatment for depression, including with anti-depressants alongside other medication, new research shows.
- Date:
- 17/08/2020
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- Rhythms produced by the brain can reliably be used to predict how sensitive we are to pain, new research shows.
- Date:
- 06/08/2020
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- Research into how young people can be supported to use online gaming safely to enhance their mental wellbeing has been launched at the University of Birmingham.
- Date:
- 07/07/2020
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- Specific sleep problems among babies and very young children can be linked to mental disorders in adolescents, a new study has found.
- Date:
- 01/07/2020
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- The 'Well-Being in a Covid World' Policy Commission has been set up by the European University of Well-Being (EUniWell) as an alliance of seven top European universities which also includes Birmingham.
- Date:
- 25/06/2020