As many as 1 in 8 school aged children will experience a mental health problem, with many more experiencing significant emotional difficulties which impact on learning, behaviour, social relationships, motivation and decision making, and increase vulnerability to mental health difficulties in later adolescence and adult life. CUES-Ed is an innovative mental health promotion and prevention programme delivered in primary schools.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 7 Feb 2022
Researchers from King’s College London and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust have shown that there are variations in how a brain chemical called GABA regulates the processing of visual stimuli. The study showed that when autistic people are given a drug that activates GABA targets, their visual processing becomes more like that of non-autistic people.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 6 Jan 2022
ADHD Awareness Month takes place every year in October, to raise awareness and improve understanding of Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which affects around one in 14 children worldwide.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 15 Oct 2021
New King’s College London research – funded by the Medical Research Foundation and published today in Translational Psychiatry - reveals how subtle differences in brain connectivity could offer a sign of risk for postpartum psychosis in women.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 12 May 2021
A grant from MQ Mental Health Research will fund vital new studies into depression and anxiety in young people during and after the COVID-19 pandemic by Dr Katherine Young of the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 18 Jan 2021
