In the US and UK, here are signs that we’re facing a widespread crisis of trust. 👀 In a world of ‘alternative facts’ and 24/7 social media, it seems many of us aren’t sure who to believe. 🤔 Daniel Freeman discusses trust as election year ramps up. 🗳️ bigissue.com/opinion/trust-…

🤼 Almost 1 billion people live with some mental illness, and 25% of people will experience a major depressive episode in their life. Virtual reality is our best hope for solving the crisis 👇

What is virtual reality therapy like? As VR therapy becomes more accessible than ever, we look at whether strapping on a headset can really be a mental health help. Read ⬇️ planetwoo.itv.com/posts/virtual-…

Looking forward to this: residential training at Stanford Medicine for clinicians in the Feeling Safe programme for treating persecutory delusions. This September in Half Moon Bay, California. Organised by Kate Hardy. bookings here: med.stanford.edu/inspire-traini…

Understanding paranoia: Imagine unwanted thoughts invading your head day and night, convincing you that the world is against you buff.ly/4a7t0gG

New Associate Professorship in Clinical Psychology position in Oxford ExpPsychology and Reuben College, Oxford. A wonderful opportunity to develop psychological research for patient benefit. Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training Oxford Health NHS FT my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

Very excited to share news- privileged to have been appointed to the Chair of Child and Adolescent Oxford Psychiatry - you are stuck with me for a long time to come! Can’t wait to work together for better child outcomes with all of you incredible researchers, providers & advocates

Ten design principles for developing psychological treatments for psychosis. Patients and practitioners should be able to notice these as they use the intervention too. Editorial in BJPsych Journals Oxford Psychiatry cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Mental Health Awareness Week Paranoia with Daniel Freeman Some might think paranoia is only experienced by people with severe mental health problems. Daniel Freeman turns the traditional view on its head. Tuesday 14 May 3pm FREE eventbrite.co.uk/e/mental-healt… Daniel Freeman

Clinical psychologist position in the North East at Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust to join our multi-centre evaluation of Feeling Safer. Feeling Safer is a new six-month guided online programme for treating persecutory delusions. TEWV research apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/627…

A wonderful new three-year clinical psychology fellowship to develop a research programme. 8A (or Band 7 development). Funded by NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre & Oxford Health NHS FT, with Oxford University support too. Oxford Psychiatry jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

September 2024. Will be running a four-day intensive workshop in Half Moon Bay, California for clinicians to train in Feeling Safe. Feeling Safe is the most effective psychological therapy for persecutory delusions. Hosted by Kate Hardy at Stanford Medicine med.stanford.edu/inspire-traini…

We are currently testing our new guided six-month online programme for the treatment of persecutory delusions: Feeling Safer. A full RCT will start later this year. There is a really great clinical psychologist position available in Manchester Greater Manchester Mental Health nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Manches…

A great piece in Nature Medicine on a number of potential uses of VR in mental health care Oxford Psychiatry Oxford ExpPsychology nature.com/immersive/d415…

🧵Involvement opportunity! Join us to support two exciting large Wellcome funded studies called Sleeping Better and FOCUS: tinyurl.com/4vmwv4tv. More details 👇 Oxford Psychiatry Oxford ExpPsychology Daniel Freeman Felicity Waite Belinda Lennox Rob_McCutcheon Pls RT!

In the latest edition of ‘Behind the Research’, Professor Anke Ehlers tells us about her work developing effective, specialised digitally enabled therapies for social anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder 👇 linkedin.com/pulse/how-digi…

How VR characters are programmed matters for mental health applications. A randomised controlled test for paranoia. marvellous work by Shu Oxford Psychiatry Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre nature.com/articles/s4159…

A paper describing how we developed Phoenix VR self-confidence automated therapy. The initial cohort trial indicated potentially large benefits for psychological wellbeing. Oxford Psychiatry Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre games.jmir.org/2024/1/e51512

New early stage experimental work from our team on the use of VR for smoking cessation. Aitor Rovira our VR computer scientist lead. Oxford Psychiatry Oxford ExpPsychology Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre nature.com/articles/s4159…

New clinical psychologist position in the Oxford Cognitive Approaches to Psychosis (O-CAP) research group. Focus on evaluating new psychological treatments that have potential to lead to large change for patients. Oxford Psychiatry Oxford ExpPsychology jobs.ac.uk/job/DJL969/cli…