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Key outputs from Attune project on adverse childhood experiences and mental health

The ATTUNE project, focused on understanding adolescent mental health and childhood adversities through the use of participatory arts methods, is due to conclude at the end of August 2025.

Certain chronic health conditions associated with increased risk of dementia – new study

Developing cardiovascular, mental health and neurological-related illnesses before the age of 70 is associated with a greater risk of dementia later in life, with the more of these conditions accumulated the greater the risk, according to a new study by the University of Oxford.

Incorporating physical health considerations into mental health strategies could save millions of pounds

Reducing the number of physical health issues associated with mental health conditions by just 1% could translate to savings of over €190 million (equivalent to around £164 million) in hospital costs every year in Europe.

Beginnings

Listen to the late Professor Michael Gelder on how he founded the Department of Psychiatry at Oxford, 1969.