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Editorial, December 2024

We meet the first Co-Chairs of the new British Psychological Society Environmental Psychology Section.

'Environmental Psychology is broad and deep'

The UK government has launched a consultation on its 10-year plan to improve the NHS.

Ensuring a thriving NHS

New report by the Maternal Mental Health Alliance calls for more investment in maternal mental health services.

‘Parents and babies simply can’t wait’

The report, Support for children and young people with special educational needs, found inconsistent improvements in outcomes for children with special educational needs and disabilities since 2019 on a background of increased demand.

A damning assessment of SEND support

We hear from the award-winning Minoritised Ethnic Student Collective.

‘This is our strength’

Emma Young on recent papers and commentaries.

Should psychologists embrace AI-powered hypothesis generation?

When do people start to notice, and treat others differently, based on wealth? A new investigation finds it may be earlier than you think.

Recognising the Haves and Have-nots

The debate on whether facial expressions can influence mood rages on, with new work using electrical stimulation adding a fresh twist.

Electrical smiles spark better moods

Money affects nearly every aspect of our lives, yet managing our finances isn’t about what we know, it’s about how we behave. Jennifer Gledhill hears from Psychologists with tips…

The Psychologist Guide to… Money

Marcus Munafo on seeking funding as a researcher.

Money, money, money…

How is our relationship with finance and credit changing? Do we need to be more psychologically vigilant when it comes to the payment options now on offer? Deputy Editor Jennifer Gledhill looks at the new rules around borrowing…

The new rules of credit

Carl R. Nassar on how Psychologists will change the world, with a focus on breaking free from the shackles of our consumer culture.

From the dark of isolation to a dawn of mutuality

Professor Nick Neave from Northumbria University is director of the Hoarding Research Group and explains why hoarding behaviour is much more than having too much stuff.

‘Hoarding is a coping strategy, which has got out of hand’

Lasana Harris is a Professor of Social Neuroscience at University College London. He tells Jennifer Gledhill why we have become desensitised to homeless people and how we can remedy the situation.

‘Our brains dehumanise homeless people’

Financial Psychotherapist Vicky Reynal tells Jon Sutton about the themes in her new book; plus an extract.

‘Often, money difficulties are the proverbial tip of the iceberg’

Toby Engelking reviews the book 'The Balanced Brain: The Science of Mental Health' by Camilla Nord (Allen Lane).


Bridging gaps in the balanced brain

Tony Prescott's 'The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence', reviewed by Zilong Zhong.

Enlightening, and slightly alarming

Eva van den Broek and Tim den Heijer illustrate concepts from their book, ‘The Housefly Effect’.

Our top 10 nudges: Behavioural Science in everyday advertising

Ron Wiener worked in mental health for much of his life. Writing as Brian Shepherd, he has re-published a book of poems, ‘The Barefoot Therapist’.

The eternal struggles in mental health

Wind Goodfriend, co-editor of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale Psychology’, shares a trio of extracts from the book.

Why Gilead is personal

Carolyn Laubender with the epilogue from her new book, ‘The Political Clinic: Psychoanalysis and Social Change in the 20th Century’.

Here, there, and everywhere – now

Dr Sue Roffey, a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, is ‘revisioning education’ in her new book.

ASPIRE to wellbeing and learning for all

Psychology student Maisy Gledhill visited a unique exhibition, ‘How To Survive The Apocalypse’ at the Museum of Homelessness.

Reframing the myths and stereotypes of homelessness

Catriona Shelly, Dearbhla Moroney and Orla Muldoon review the film, 'Small Things Like These'.


Compassion… an act of defiance

Vanessa Yim on 'Challenging Perspectives: A visual exploration of diverse experiences of eating disorder recovery'.

Public engagement through art exhibitions 

Our editor Jon Sutton hears from Nima Bassiri, author of ‘Madness and Enterprise: Psychiatry, Economic Reason, and the Emergence of Pathological Value’. 

‘Madness was imagined through the lens of economic value’

Ian Florance meets forensic psychologist Karen Howell, Clinical Director for Psychology Projects at Elysium Healthcare.

‘There is no health without mental health’

A discussion between Professor Chris Roe and Professor Chris French; introduced and coordinated by Dr Steve Taylor.

Will the debate about ‘psi’ ever be settled?

Dr Alex Barker calls for The Psychologist to ‘move ahead of the curve’ on advertising.

A sobering wake-up call around alcohol marketing

The future of executive function training

There are many ways to evidence commitment

Lyana Ameruddin on the research and some practical advice based on personal experience.

Beating loneliness in your 20s

Kerry Fisher on navigating Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, IVF and other challenges while studying Psychology.

‘Why was a baby not happening for me?’

Leanne Haywood (pictured), a graduate member of the British Psychological Society and PhD candidate at the University of Chichester, draws on her research and personal experience.

Are Green Social Prescriptions the future of mental health care? 

A decade later, Fionnuala C. Murphy and Natasha Sigala revisit their cover feature in The Psychologist.

From the archive: Women scientists in psychology – time for action

Reframing our understanding of homelessness, challenging consumer culture, considering behavioural nudges in advertising, and more…

The Psychologist, December 2024

Peter Bull on how our bodies can speak volumes.


State of the art - nonverbal communication

Andrew M. Colman discusses the specialist vocabulary of psychology and the problems of compiling a psychological dictionary.


Defining issues

Why I study - Interthinking

Paul Skirrow, Christina Jones, Richard D. Griffiths and Sue Kaney (Liverpool University’s Intensive Care Research Group) describe some of the little-known psychological consequences of a stay in intensive care.


Intensive care - easing the trauma

Differing values - Research quality in higher education and the NHS

Susan Howard and Martin Bauer look at the roles psychology has taken on in the mass media. 


Psychology in the press 1988-1999

The Chairs of the Boards with their views on what the next 100 years has in store for psychology, a centenary lecture from Mike Burton on the use of CCTV, and a biography of Kenneth Craik.


Centenary, December 2001

The Psychologist, December 2001

Guest Editor Ray Bull introduces a special issue on the contribution of forensic psychology to helping the police get the truth... and nothing but the truth.


After the facts

Andrew Silke with his practical recommendations for preventing further atrocities.


Terrorism

At the Centenary Conference in Glasgow Geoff Bunn gave the C.S. Myers Memorial Lecture on Myers himself and his role in the establishment of psychology in Britain.


Charlie and the chocolate factory

The Psychologist, November 2001

Is a bat conscious? Susan Blackmore argues that there must be something radically wrong with the way we are currently thinking about consciousness, or we would not find ourselves with seemingly intractable problems.



State of the art - Consciousness

Martin Roiser and Dave Stevens take a look at the television quiz Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in search of legendary themes and roles.



Who wants to be a millionaire? The quiz as quest

Why I study... epilepsy

At the Centenary Annual Conference Jon Sutton described the work that won him the 1999 Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research Contributions to Psychology.

Bullies – Thugs or thinkers?

David Pilgrim and David Hewitt discuss the practical and legal implications of the proposed ‘clinical supervisor’ role. 



Mental health act reform - Emerging challenges

Is the internet a safe communication environment for socially anxious individuals, or does it in fact increase social isolation? Robin-Marie Shepherd and Robert J. Edelmann report.



Caught in the web

The Psychologist, October 2001

Amanda Waterman, Mark Blades and Christopher Spencer ask nonsensical questions – but their research has serious implications for anyone who interviews children.

Is a jumper angrier than a tree?

Neil Martin, Associate Editor for ‘Research in brief’, with 100 odd-sounding papers from the world of psychology and related disciplines.


Weird and wonderful

David Lykken and Mike Csikszentmihalyi debate the impact of genetic factors on happiness. 



Happiness - stuck with what you've got?

Tommy MacKay gave his Presidential Address at April’s Centenary Conference in Glasgow.


The future belongs to psychology

Associate Editor for Conference reports Kate Cavanagh introduces our coverage of the VIIth European Congress of Psychology, held at London’s Barbican Centre in July.



European Congress 2001

Biographies of Rivers, Myers and Bowlby.


Centenary, September 2001

Nonsensical questions, and the weird and wonderful.

The Psychologist, September 2001

John Archer describes a rich research agenda for evolutionary psychology in testing novel hypotheses. Peer commentaries by Robin Dunbar, Anne Campbell, Lynn Segal, David Buss, and Hilary and Steven Rose.


Peer commentary: Evolving theories of behaviour

At the 2000 London Conference Glyn Humphreys gave his Presidents’ Award Lecture on the cognitive neuroscience of action selection.


Objects, affordances... action!

Petra Boynton discusses her Woman of Achievement Award for Education (sponsored by Cosmopolitan and Secret), and tells how she believes psychologists need to make better use of the popular media. Interview by Angus Smyth.


A woman of achievement

Geoff Bunn describes factors that contributed to the founding of the Society, and Elizabeth Valentine contributes a biography of the man who called the first meeting, James Sully.


The founding of the British Psychological Society

The Psychologist, August 2001

Michael W. Eysenck offers his viewpoint on the differences between European and American psychology;
Neil Martin on why and how European publishers are taking on the American heavyweights;
Monique Anderson interviews Tuomo Tikkanen, President of the European Federation of Professional Psychologists Associations (EFPPA), to hear about European psychology and the role of EFPPA within it.

How do European and US psychology differ?

Why I study... anomalistic psychology

Marco Cinnirella on British attitudes towards European integration, and Ingrid Lunt on the VIIth European Congress of Psychology and the Society’s international role.


Forever the reluctant Europeans? / Sharing perspectives

The Psychologist, July 2001

Centenary Conference reports, 2001

Ed Cairns with his practical recommendations for ending war and promoting peace.


War and peace

Jim Horne discusses the latest research on sleep, dreaming and sleep deprivation.


State of the art: Sleep

In February we published ‘A degree of safety’ by Angus Smyth in which he said that psychology courses do not encourage originality among students. This he claimed gives rise to disillusionment and ‘playing safe’ – particularly apparent in final-year projects. 
We asked readers to tell us their own opinions and experiences. Published here are extracts from three of the letters we received. But first Hugh Foot gives a supervisor’s point of view.


Safe but disillusioned?

Jim McCourt caught up with Craig Newnes, Director of Psychological Therapies for Shropshire’s Community and Mental Health Trust, to hear an alternative perspective on research in clinical psychology.


User-friendly research in clinical psychology

Rea Reason, a winner of the 2000 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Professional Psychology, sets out the Society’s position on dyslexia.


Educational practice and dyslexia

Why I study... Geniuses

Conference reports, war and peace, and more.

The Psychologist, June 2001

TONY DAVID says yes, IVAN LEUDAR disagrees.


Head to Head: Is hearing voices a sign of mental illness?

KATE NATION gave her Spearman Medal Lecture at the London Conference in December.


Spearman Medal Lecture: Reading & Language in Children: Exposing hidden deficits

Alan Cowey gave his Centenary Lecture at the Royal Society in February.


Functional Localisation in the Brain: From Ancient to Modern

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore shares her experiences on secondment with the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST).


Students: The award's in the POST

Hannah Steinberg is Professor Emeritus of Psychopharmacology, University College London, and Visiting Professor, Middlesex University.


A Brief History of the Society Logo

Mark Griffiths on the advantages and disadvantages of providing psychological services on the internet.


Online therapy: A cause for concern?

The Psychologist, May 2001

Andrew Scholey on research of the Human Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, University of Northumbria, using supply and demand in the brain to improve cognitive performance.


Fuel for thought

Jonathan Freeman, Jane Lessiter and Wijnand IJsselsteijn provide an introduction to ‘presence’ – a sense of being there – based on the research of the Immersive Television Project at Goldsmiths College.


Immersive television

Was there a scary monster under your bed? Did you have an imaginary friend when you were growing up? Angus Smyth spoke to Alison Bourchier about children’s understanding of pretence and reality.


Interview with Alison Bourchier

Supply, demand and cognitive performance.

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