Body Focused Repetitive Behaviours (BFRBs) Conference
Day 1: Science Day, University Museum of Natural History (Researchers Only) Day 2: Community Day, Warneford Hospital (All Welcome)
Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviours (BFRBs) are a group of complex mental health disorders that are characterised by the uncontrollable urge to pull, pick, scratch, cut, or bite one’s own hair, skin, or nails. People with BFRBs often experience high levels of emotional distress as a result of these behaviours which can severely impact everyday life, causing avoidance and disruption at work, school and social situations. The behaviours can also lead to damage to the body, such as thinning hair or bald patches, skin lesions, scarring, and infection.
Date: 13 September 2024, 9:30 (Friday, 21st week, Trinity 2024)
Venue: Venue to be announced
Speaker: Various Speakers
Organising department: Department of Psychiatry
Organiser: Professor Clare Mackay (Professor of Imaging Neuroscience, Oxford Department of Psychiatry)
Organiser contact email address: comms@psych.ox.ac.uk
Host: Professor Clare Mackay (Professor of Imaging Neuroscience, Oxford Department of Psychiatry)
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/research/translational-neuroimaging-group/investigating-mechanisms-and-developing-interventions-for-body-focused-repetitive-behaviours/brfrb-conference-2024
Cost: Day 1: £50 Day 2: £30
Audience: Day 1: Members of the University only Day 2: Open to the Public
Editor: Leusa Lloyd