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Our Editor, Jon Sutton, introduces the January/February 2025 issue of The Psychologist.

Editorial, January/February 2025

Ella Rhodes reports from the British Psychological Society’s Careers Festival.

Fulfilling careers on show

In brief from the BPS, January/February 2025

The BPS welcomes a government trial of mental health support for jurors, that allows them access a 24/7 support helpline and more.

Towards ‘proper psychological support’ for jurors

New report advises mental health support for 'incels'

Ella Rhodes speaks with Psychologists around Assisted Dying in the UK.

‘Psychologists could provide a space for those conversations’

Emma Barratt with a personal and research-based tour.

Shifting the dial on Long Covid

Shifting ideas about what it means to be old, as well as our own situations, are leading us to postpone what we think of as ‘old age’. 

The older we get, the later we think ‘old age’ starts

Recent research finds that hope, but not mindfulness, was linked with resilience and wellbeing for artistic workers during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic.

When mindfulness falters, hope may help

Marcus Munafò on rapid change brought about by the pandemic.

Fast, good, cheap…  pick any two

Ella Rhodes speaks to psychologists about their work during the pandemic and the lasting effects that remain.

Covid – the stories, the scars and the healing

Psychologists addressed the British Psychological Society's Senate on lessons learned, and what is needed now.

Covid – 'behaviour matters, Psychology matters'

Our editor Jon Sutton meets Dr Kim Dienes and Dr Simon Williams (Swansea University), from the Public Views of Covid Project.

‘We heard from real people being affected in ordinary lives’

Richard Bentall with advice for psychologists drawn from the work of the Covid-19 Psychological Research Consortium.

Covid-19 – five lessons, five years on

Psychology found its way into Covid policy in several ways. But did it work? Jack Andrews looked at the research…

How do you change the behaviour of the world?

Roger Paxton and Maeve McKeown look for learning and action points.

Acting responsibly: from Covid to the climate and ecological crisis

Dr Jolel Miah is a Health Psychologist and member of the British Psychological Society’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Board.

‘Covid forced us to confront overlooked vulnerabilities’ 

Sergio A. Silverio on an increased burden during Covid, and the assumptions which could stand in the way of recovery and growth.

A hidden crisis: Women’s mental health after the pandemic

Sarah Keith and Lucy Gahan look at a growing body of evidence around Long Covid, and what Psychologists can do.

‘Covid has become the unmentionable… and yet Long Covid is having a life-changing impact’

Looking for some literary psychological inspiration? We asked on Bluesky, X, LinkedIn and Member Connect.

What will you be reading in 2025?

Our editor Dr Jon Sutton fires the questions at Professor Paula Brough and Professor Gail Kinman, editors of 'Wellbeing at Work in a Turbulent Era'.

‘The taste of a different life has helped workers re-value their goals’

Dr Simone Stedmon is a Clinical Psychologist with the Health Inclusion Pathway, Plymouth. This piece and poem was her entry to our Voices In Psychology competition, which carried the prompt ‘How has Covid changed our Psychology?’

Being a trainee in a time of change

Dr Aspa Paltoglou (pictured), a Chartered Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University, on continuing to take pandemic precautions.

The Lone Ranger in Covid Town

Dr Aspa Paltoglou hears from physician Dr David Joffe about what’s needed from our discipline; from Janina Bradshaw about what Psychotherapists can do; and from occupational therapist Kirsty Stanley.

‘We need Psychologists… but please don’t psychologise Long Covid’

Madeleine Pownall, Pam Birtill and Richard Harris on the 2024 British Psychological Society Accreditation Standards.

Psychology for the global, connected, greater good

Tommy MacKay responds to Dr Alex Barker's letter in The Psychologist, around alcohol advertising.

‘Marketing is not determined by individual consent…’

Professor Mike Clarke writes in response to a Marcus Munafo 'Research' column.

Don’t ignore chance effects

Educational Psychology training is being eroded

David Farrington 1944-2024

Dr Jennifer Pulman 1986–2024

Geoff Bunn (Manchester Metropolitan University) with a tribute.

A.D. ‘Sandy’ Lovie 1940-2024 

Broadcaster, author and Psychologist Claudia Hammond looks back on her prescient piece in January 2020…

From the archive: ‘We are busy about everything’

Cover of The Psychologist magazine Jan/Feb 2025, showing the Covid Memorial Wall

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