We’re running a new study exploring how young people use AI chatbots like ChatGPT for mental health support. If you’re aged 16-25, live in the UK, and have used AI chatbots for mental health, we’d love to hear from you!! @oxchildpsych.bsky.social @emmasoneson.bsky.social 👉 lnkd.in/eQSRzyej

🚨 Interested in a fully funded DPhil at Oxford? 🌏 We’re recruiting for an MRC iCASE studentship on conversational AI for youth mental health. Join an amazing team using youth voice to shape global digital health. ⏳ Deadline: 2 Dec 2025 💡 Get in touch to chat! 🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/4ua4j46h

📱 New paper out today in BJPsych Open asks: are financial incentives helping or hindering mental health app research? 📄 Read it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @minafazeloxford.bsky.social @oxchildpsych.bsky.social @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social

Proud to be part of this work with @emmasoneson.bsky.social @minafazeloxford.bsky.social big thanks to BBC South Today & Radio Oxford for shining a light on young people’s mental health 💙

Oxford Child & Adolescent Psychiatry@oxchildpsych.bsky.social · last yr.

It's been a busy 48 hours for our senior postdocs @drhollybear.bsky.social & @emmasoneson.bsky.social, who were invited by BBC South Today & Radio Oxford to talk about the latest Oxfordshire Director of Public Health Annual Report on Children & Young People's #mentalhealth. Links below👇

What teens see and do online matters. New research from our team looks at how digital experiences relate to mental health & what we can do about it. A must-read for parents, educators, and mental health researchers and policymakers.

Holly Bear @drhollybear.bsky.social · last yr.

Our latest paper is now out in Current Psychology: 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1... Based on data from over 14,000 adolescents we found: It’s not just how much time young people spend online-it’s what they’re doing & what they’re exposed to that matters.

Our latest paper is now out in Current Psychology: 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1... Based on data from over 14,000 adolescents we found: It’s not just how much time young people spend online-it’s what they’re doing & what they’re exposed to that matters.

Isolation despite hyper-connectivity? The association between adolescents’ mental health and online behaviours in a large study of school-aged students - Current Psychology

Smartphone use has risen rapidly amongst adolescents over the last decade, as has the rates of common mental disorders. This has raised widespread concerns about direct links between adolescents’ gene...

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Lots of celebrations this week, incl.: 👉 a Secret Santa Sock Exchange 🔁🧦 👉 the Departmental Christmas Party (a screening of 'Paddington in Peru'!) 🐻🇬🇧 👉 a team murder mystery event at Oxford Castle 👀🏰 We also said 'bye for now' to Shona, our lovely group administrator who's off to go have a baby 👶