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Editorial, November 2024

Dr Carol Cole is the new Chair of the British Psychological Society's Board of Trustees.

'We need to listen to that heartbeat'

Dr Yi-Ling Lai wins the 2024 British Psychological Society Presidents' Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychological Knowledge.

'Caring is central to psychology'

Ella Rhodes reports on a British Psychological Society campaign.

‘Every child deserves access to a high-quality education’

The third iteration of the BPS Careers Festival will be on for five days in November 2024.

Psychology careers festival 2024

Dr Louise Edgington writes on the British Psychological Society joining the Climate Minds Coalition.

Personal change leads to system change

Can magic truly be witnessed through the ears alone? The $200 Auditory Magic Challenge invites innovators and illusionists to create captivating illusions that rely solely on auditory perception.

Sleight of sound

Dr Sian Williams – author, broadcaster and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, has appeared at the Senedd with the charity Maggie’s (‘Everyone’s home of cancer care’). 

‘To not lose the joy of living in the fear of dying’

Ella Rhodes spoke to Dr Venetia Leonidaki and Dr Rebecca Lockwood about their work in treating behavioural addictions, and upcoming events.

‘There’s something quite unique about behavioural addictions’

Five ways ‘honest’ placebos can help

Thanks to an embarrassing fMRI study, we now know a lot more about what causes us to blush.

What’s behind a blush?

New study sheds light on individual differences in response to small doses of LSD.

Varied responses to LSD may muddy microdosing results

New meta-analysis suggests that unconscious exposure therapy is surprisingly effective.

Could exposure therapy, without conscious exposure, actually work?

New research from the US finds that emphasising diverse hiring practices may backfire, leading White conservatives to more strongly favour White candidates.

For some, diversity initiatives may encourage pro-White hiring decisions

Marcus Munafò explores randomisation processes.

Dispelling myths about randomisation

Ella Rhodes hears from those using the technology: has its early promise been realised?

The power of virtual reality

Margreet Hendriks reflects on the condition, her practice, and the stories of the women she meets. 

Endometriosis: 190 million unheard voices

Our editor Dr Jon Sutton meets Professor Dame Lesley Fallowfield, Director of the Sussex Health Outcomes Research and Education in Cancer (SHORE-C) group at the University of Sussex. 

‘I know how to measure difficult things’

Cara Ghiglieri, a post-doc research fellow at the University of Aberdeen, on a research journey shaped by personal experience.

Living and dying with oesophageal cancer

Dr Briony Hudson, associate director for internal research at Marie Curie. 

How can psychologists shape the future of end of life care research? 

Ian Florance interviews Anna Lagerdahl, a clinical psychologist with a special interest in Oncology and Palliative Care.

‘The work concentrates on essentials: the things that really matter to people’

Mark Hudson, Allan Skelly and Victoria Shimmens.

Intellectual Disability revisited: The Emotional Development approach

We feel ashamed of our vulnerabilities and imperfections, but others will often see courage and authenticity in our self-disclosure, writes David Robson in an edited extract of his new book, The Laws of Connection.

The beautiful mess effect

Zhenlin Wang reviews the book 'The Psychology of Starting School: An Evidence-Based Guide for Parents and Teachers', by Claire Hughes, Caoimhe Dempsey and Elian Fink.

Linked lives in ‘school readiness’

Our editor Dr Jon Sutton meets Professor Claire Hughes, Deputy Director of the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge, and co-author of The Psychology of Starting School – An Evidence-based Guide for Parents and Teachers. 

‘Happy children are better learners’

Clinical Psychologist and author of 'You Don’t Understand Me: The Young Woman’s Guide to Life', Dr Tara Porter, on the books that have made their mark on her.

Books that shaped me… Dr Tara Porter

Professor Antonia Hamilton (Professor of Social Neuroscience at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London) on a creative and cultural collaboration…

The neuroscience of theatre

New exhibition, War and the Mind, from Imperial War Museums.

Rethinking conflict through a psychological lens

The curator and advisors to the Imperial War Museum exhibition pick out some significant items.

'Every exhibit raises fascinating links between war and the mind'

Three Higher Assistant Psychologists in Rehabilitation Inpatient Services with Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust share cultural offerings which have shaped their views on addiction.

'We still have so much to learn about addiction'

Cordelia Galgut asks: Is colleagues’ lived experience of cancer believed, valued and used enough within our profession?

‘My cancer made me a better therapist – so why do we live in the shadows?’

John Raven asks where the interest and research is…

The most important End of Life choice

Working in secondary mental health care has led George Holliday to realise many patients are confused by what their diagnosis means…

‘I don’t see EUPD; I see you and your situation’

Assistant Psychologist Avneet Sandhu embraces identity in clinical psychology.

‘My identity is a powerful asset to my practice’

Looking to tell stories of outsight

Dr Sara Ireland writes in; plus an editor's note on the October issue cover.

Funding and extending what works in prison

Professor Karina Nielsen (1973-2024)

Sally Morley 1942-2024

Professor Celia Kitzinger, Cardiff University, on her November 1998 cover feature.

From the archive: Towards lesbian and gay psychology, November 1998

'Talking about sad, bad and difficult things'

The Psychologist, November 2024

Editorial, October 2024

Ella Rhodes on responses to recent riots.

‘Inclusion, solidarity and kindness… not division and hate’

Professor Dr Pam Birtill,  Professor Ellie Dommett, Associate Professor Dr Denise Miller, Dr Robert Nash and Dr Christopher O’Donnell are among the winners of this year’s prestigious awards.

National Teaching Fellowship winners announced

Ella Rhodes spoke to Kate Pearlman-Shaw, the Managing Director of Pearlman-Shaw Consultancy and Chartered Psychologist in the fields of Clinical and Coaching, ahead of her BPS Webinar on having impactful conversations at work (and elsewhere).

Impactful conversations at work

Our editor Jon Sutton meets Jess Thom, Lead Team GB sports psychologist. 

‘The Olympic Games are chaos… but I’m happy with chaos’

Seven ways to benefit from solitude

Recent randomised control trial finds mindfulness-based techniques produce altered states in a high number of practitioners.

Mindfulness regularly induces altered states of consciousness

A new report suggests that the mental health fallout of problem gambling could be significantly higher than previous estimates.

Gambling harms may be far more prevalent than we thought

New research suggests that high-tempo background music may distract from counterarguing, boosting the efforts of medically trained debunkers against vaccine misinformation.

Upbeat tunes make TikTok’s expert debunkers more effective

Recent work using AI-powered software to quantify facial behaviour finds facial expressivity is likely a stable trait, and that high expressiveness confers several social benefits. 

AI approach suggests facial expressiveness is a stable trait

Massive new Danish study finds that moving house early in life is associated with higher risk of depression in adulthood, regardless of where you're moving to or from.

Settled homes in childhood may protect mental health for years to come

Marcus Munafò, our Associate Editor for Research, on important differences in what our research questions actually are, and how we ask them.

Prediction vs causal inference

Mark Blagrove considers the evidence, and a new theory.

Does dreaming have a function?

Michael Hyland on how he came to like the unconscious.

The Dodo in the jigsaw puzzle

Our editor Jon Sutton meets Professor Eamonn Ferguson (University of Nottingham).

'There’s massive global inequality around the supply of safe blood'

Most of us can only imagine what life as a prisoner is really like. How can psychologists support rehabilitation and the understanding that people are in prison as punishment, not for punishment? 

The Psychologist guide to… Prisons

Our editor Jon Sutton meets Pia Sinha, CEO of Prison Reform Trust and a member of the British Psychological Society.

'We need a reasoned,  evidence-based debate about what actually works with prisons'

Ian Florance meets Forensic Psychologist Dr Helen Hart. 

'They were sad, rather than bad'

Stuart Whomsley with a personal story of accents, class and discrimination.

A working class psychologist is something to be…

Positions include Assistant Psychologists, Forensic Psychologists in Training, Practitioner Psychologists, Principle Psychologists and Consultant Psychologists. We hear from the recruiter.

Featured job - Multiple roles with the Scottish Prison Service

Dr Aoife-Marie Foran (University of Queensland) hears from her one-time colleague Professor Orla Muldoon (University of Limerick) about a new book, ‘The Social Psychology of Trauma: Connecting the Personal and the Political’.

‘I really want to offer hope… none of us are broken’

The author of 'Sex in the Brain: A Neuropsychosexual Approach to Love and Intimacy', on some offerings that have influenced her.

Books that shaped me… Janice Hiller

Alexander Samely's 'Reading and Experience: A Philosophical Investigation', reviewed by Philip Davis, Emeritus Professor of Literature and Psychology, University of Liverpool.

What reading is like, psychologically

Lucy Foulkes with a theme from her new book, ‘Coming of Age: How Adolescence Shapes Us’.

What condom negotiation can teach us about adolescence itself

Our editor Dr Jon Sutton watches ‘Wild Water’, accompanied by a Q&A with the film’s director Ben Davis.

The transformative power of wild water

Chrissie Fitch watches Freud’s Last Session (2023).

 A daughter’s devotion

We hear from Fiona Curran, Koestler Arts Chief Executive, ahead of their annual exhibition.

'Art can be a game-changer for people in prison'

Peter Hegarty, Ben Widdicombe, Peter Sullivan and Ben Wicks take chess into prison and back to society.

Going straight with chess

In conversation with Dr Ken Greaves – a British Psychological Society oral history.

‘I wanted to give something back, to challenge and change perceptions’

Science filmmaker and academic researcher Alex Freeman challenges the darker powers of narrative…

Happily ever after?

Barbara Cooke and Graham Towl on novel ways of applying psychological theory in prisons.

Dog Training Programmes Unleashed

Graham Russell responds to a report in the summer edition of The Psychologist.

A fundamental review of accountability

Fauzia Khan meets Dr Sian Williams, Counselling Psychologist, BBC presenter and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Sian shares her journey in journalism and what led her to retrain in counselling psychology.   

‘What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?’

Fauzia Khan interviews Dr Hibah Hassan, Clinical Psychologist at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.

‘Although you stand out as different, this space not only exists for you, it needs you’

Fauzia Khan interviews Dr Afsana Faheem, Assistant Professor in Psychology at the University of Birmingham, Dubai.

‘Psychological interventions are often rooted in Western rhetoric’

Charles Michael Kelly 1967-2023

A tribute from colleagues at the University of Leeds.

Peter Tomlinson 1941-2024

Professor Sarah Mackenzie Ross, University College London, on her October 2017 cover feature.

From the archive: Hazardous to health?

We meet Pia Sinha, CEO of Prison Reform Trust; plus The Psychologist Guide to Prisons, and more.

The Psychologist, October 2024

Editorial, September 2024

Ella Rhodes on a project from Psychology’s Feminist Voices and the British Psychological Society’s Psychology of Women and Equalities Section (POWES).

‘It’s taking women’s accounts seriously’

'Wonders of the Mind: Understanding the Universe Inside Our Heads' is a kids' book by Dr Francesca Fotheringham, endorsed by the British Psychological Society. Ella Rhodes reports.

'Working in public engagement gave me experience of synthesising and explaining difficult concepts'

The BPS campaign to offer support to the NHS and social care staff won the Chartered Institute for Public Relations Excellence Award.

Society campaign on NHS resilience and wellbeing hubs wins award

Psychology student Ruby Allitt interviews her mum, Clinical Psychologist Dr Jo Jordan.

‘Providing NHS staff with external support is deeply rewarding’ 

In brief from the BPS, September 2024

The guidance is aimed at anyone employing Assistant Psychologists in the United Kingdom. Ella Rhodes reports.

Expected standards for Assistant Psychologists

Updates from the BPS Annual General Meeting in July 2024.

From the Annual General Meeting 2024

‘There are many ways to communicate science’ - A collection of articles and interviews taking a creative approach to ensuring that Psychology matters.

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