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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

Nobody likes you… what now? Roy Baumeister describes some surprising experimental effects, in the final contribution for the Society’s ‘Year of Relationships’.


Rejected and alone

Chris McManus gave the C.S. Myers Lecture at the Annual Conference in Manchester.


Myers and medicine

Peter Kinderman calls for big changes in training and career structures. 


Personal space: The applied psychology revolution

Frank Tallis on Freud, Vienna, and the centenary of a landmark publication. 


Sex in the city

Jim Cromwell on some tricky problems psychologists can face testing deaf people who use sign language.


Deafness and the art of psychometric testing

John Marzillier with the latest in our series of psychological perspectives on fiction – and perhaps fictional perspectives on psychology.


Eye on fiction: The American dream

Jon Sutton talks to Tanya Byron about her TV work, disseminating psychology on a mass scale.

A tearaway success

Following September’s Dispatches programme ‘The Dyslexia Myth’, The Psychologist featured an article by Rod Nicolson in the November issue (‘Dyslexia: Beyond the myth’). Here, Julian Elliott, who featured prominently in the original programme, responds to Nicolson’s article. We also present the views of others who wrote to our Letters page concerning the topic. All have been edited.


The dyslexia debate continues

President's column, December 2005

Susie Warden on research in the voluntary sector.


Students, December 2005

Letters, December 2005

News, December 2005

Media, December 2005

The Psychologist, December 2005

Guest editors Charles Abraham and Susan Michie introduce the special issue.


Towards a healthier nation

Lynn Myers and Charles Abraham on helping patients to act on healthcare professionals’ advice. 


Beyond 'doctor's orders'

Charles Abraham and Susan Michie on their work with the government’s Division of Public Health.	


Contributing to public health policy and practice

Jane Wardle and Andrew Steptoe discuss how to take health psychology to the next level.


Psychologists making a difference... Public health psychology

Dave Bartram, winner of the Society’s Award for Distinguished Contributions to Professional Psychology, on the role for psychologists in a new web-based era.


The changing face of testing

Rod Nicolson comments on the recent Channel 4 programme and subsequent media coverage.


Dyslexia - beyond the myth

Peter K. Smith on an important and suprisingly underresrearched relationship.

Grandparents and grandchildren

Harriet Gross on recent coverage of the IQ and gender debate.


Media, November 2005

Including the dyslexia debate, developments in neuroscience, bi-invisibility, bad psychology, and teaching qualitative methods.


Letters, November 2005

Including the BPS response to RAE consultation, and Arthur Summerfield (1923-2005).


Society, November 2005

Including the euthanasia debate, Lord Layard's speech, awareness in abused children, psychological universals, funding news and more.


News, November 2005

The Psychologist, November 2005

Sergio Della Sala on the bizarre ‘Dr Strangelove syndrome’ and what it tells us about free will.

The anarchic hand

Paul Singh Ghuman on Asian girls in the West.


Daughters of tradition

Ian J. Deary delivered the Hans Eysenck Memorial Lecture, on the new field of cognitive epidemiology, at the Annual Conference.


Intelligence, health and death

Anna Madill, Brendan Gough, Rebecca Lawton and Peter Stratton advise.


How should we supervise qualitative projects?

John Read wonders what happened to the ‘psycho’ and ‘social’ in explanations of mental illness.

The bio-bio-bio model of madness

Why I study... relationships and culture

Jon Sutton interviews Professor Susan Greenfield.

A higher consciousness

Peter Bull on oratory and the mistiming of applause.


Leader speeches at the 2005 party political conferences

In a special web-only article inspired by the centenary celebrations, Eugene Sadler-Smith discusses how the composer was influenced by psychology.

Psychology and the music of Michael Tippett - a song of innocence and experience

Including sex and intelligence, terrorism, CPD and more.


Letters, October 2005

Including reports from the British Association Festival of Science and the BPS Cognitive Section annual conference; mobiles and driving; psychological support in Iraq; Sir Michael Tippett; babies and music; and the dyslexia myth.


News, October 2005

President's column, October 2005

The Psychologist, October 2005

Tony Manstead and Margie Wetherell introduce a special issue on the state of UK social psychology, with lessons for all. With articles by Russell Spears, Wendy Hollway and Derek Edwards ('Three views on hate'), Stephen Reicher and Stephanie Taylor ('Similarities and differences between traditions'), S. Alexander Haslam and Brian Parkinson ('Pulling together or pulling apart? Towards organic pluralism in social psychology'), and Stephen Reicher again ('Where next?').


Special issue - Dialoguing across divisions

Sharon Smart (the Society’s Assistant Press Officer) meets educational psychologist Alan McLean.


Engaging work

Susan Johnson with a letter from across the Atlantic.


The evolution of couple therapy

President's column, September 2005

Secrets of the sexes, The house of obsessive compulsives, and banning the F-word.


Media, September 2005

Including membership survey, President's award, and public engagement grants.


Society, September 2005

Including olfaction and sexuality, London branch, VAT, Michael Stone and more.


Letters, September 2005

The state of UK social psychology, and more.

The Psychologist, September 2005

Joint winner of the Presidents’ Award, Tony Manstead, describes his research.


The social dimension of emotion

Peter Hepper on the embryonic science of fetal psychology.

Unravelling our beginnings

Constantine Sedikides delivered the Michael Argyle Lecture at this year’s Annual Conference.


Close relationships - What's in it for us?

Louise T. Higgins (University College Chester) interviews Professor Zheng Richang (Beijing Normal University).


A life in 'science of the heart'

Reason and the 'yuck' factor - Both reason and emotion inform moral judgements, but which is in the driving seat? Sarah Lee, winner in the undergraduate category, investigates.

The unbearable lightness of procrastination - Cedric Ginestet with the winning entry in the postgraduate category.


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