Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Bispebjerg And Frederiksberg Hospital

This study tested whether adding practical social support to standard mental health treatment helps refugees with PTSD and depression. It involved 196 unemployed refugees in Denmark. Researchers compared standard therapy alone to therapy combined with coordinated help from local …

This study tested whether a special three-week program could improve thinking skills. Participants, including healthy adults and people with stable depression or bipolar disorder, spent time in a room with low oxygen levels (like being at high altitude) while doing brain-training…

This study tested whether a school-based mental health program is practical and acceptable for 9th grade students in Denmark. The program aimed to raise awareness about mental health, teach coping skills, and potentially reduce suicidal thoughts. Researchers compared schools usin…

This study tested whether group education classes for family members of people with bipolar disorder could help. Over 200 relatives were randomly assigned to either take the classes right away or be on a waiting list. The main goal was to see if the classes reduced day-to-day moo…

This study tested whether a 4-week virtual reality (VR) brain training program could improve thinking skills and daily functioning in people with stable depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia. 62 participants were randomly assigned to receive either the active VR cognitiv…

This small pilot study tested whether a new virtual reality (VR) therapy could help reduce the negative symptoms of schizophrenia, like lack of motivation and social withdrawal. Thirty participants with schizophrenia were assigned to receive either 10 sessions of the VR therapy o…