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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

Martin J. Pickering gave the Broadbent Lecture at the Society's Annual Conference, on the remarkable and unconscious ways that people align in conversations.

The Dance of Dialogue

Khadj Rouf with a personal perspective on changes and how they are affecting psychologists and the public.


The National Health Service reforms: The Emporer's New Clothes?

Josephine Ross with some fascinating anecdotal accounts of creative and scientific insights in dreams.


Sleep on a problem... It works like a dream

Vitaliy Panok, Valentyna Pavlenko and Liliya Korallo with the lastest in our international series.

Psychology in the Ukraine

Gill Aitken, winner of the Society's Award for Distinguished Contributions to Professional Psychology, with a personal account.


Women and secure settings

Julie Perks talks about the usefulness of archives and what we will lose if access is restricted.


Spearman and the Importance of Archives

The Critique of Psychology; hypnosis; person-centred counselling and more


Book Reviews, December 2006

Ray Miller writes on archives and statutory regulation.


President's column, December 2006

The Society redesigns its website; 2006 Award for excellence in teaching; and more.


Society, December 2006

A host of letters including interrogation, value for money and parental style of the society. 


Letters, December 2006

Including the future of psychology in the NHS, face transplants, plus a report from a discussion meeting at the Royal Society. 


News, December 2006

Jennifer Wild and Jon Sutton on the latest psychology in the media.


Media, December 2006

Martin Pickering's Broadbent Lecture, and more.

The Psychologist, December 2006

Mel Goodale and David Milner, winners of the Society’s Book Award, outline their research.

One brain - two visual systems

Students - clinical psychology: is it for you?

Patrick Rabbitt on a long and winding road of research.


Tales of the unexpected - 25 years of cognitive gerontology

Why I study... Statistics

Sheila Keegan on what we can learn from the world of commercial qualitative research.


Qualitative research - emerging from the cocoon of science

Eirini Flouri looks at parental aspirations and educational outcomes in socio-economically disadvantaged children.


Raising expectations

Gordon Claridge delivered the Hans Eysenck Lecture at the Annual Conference in Cardiff. 


Divided selves as nervous types

Bipolar depression, and the media watching the Society.


All in the brain?

President's column, November 2006

Including statutory regulation, toxic childhood, risk assessment, young researchers and more.


News, November 2006

Including post-trauma counselling, CPD, Freud, the future of educational psychology and more.


Letters, November 2006

Including the Psychological Testing Centre, ballot results, educational psychologist funding, and more. 


Society, November 2006

Book reviews, November 2006

The Psychologist, November 2006

David Dunning with some fascinating studies into how and why we are deluded about the self.


Strangers to ourselves?

Peter E. Morris and Catherine O. Fritz with the first in our ‘How to…’ series of evidence-based advice.


How to... improve your memory

Sonia Livingstone’s Argyle Lecture from the Society’s Annual Conference, on rules and roles in the media-rich home.


Reflections on the games families play

Ninna Makrinov,  Judith Scharager and Rogelio Diaz with the latest in our international series.


Psychology in Chile

Christian Jarrett on psychology’s place in new architectural development.

Is there a psychologist in the building?

Peter Farrell, Kevin Woods, Sarah Lewis, Steve Rooney, Garry Squires and Mike O'Connor discuss the implications of a government-funded review of the work of educational psychologists.



The future of educational psychologists within the new children's services

President's column, October 2006

Book reviews, October 2006

Including psychologists' role in national security, psychokinesis, educational psychology review, and reports from the British Association Festival of Science.


News, October 2006

Society, October 2006

Jennifer McIntosh and Sandie Cleland on first years' expectations.

Students, October 2006

Including Freud, voluntary experience, the BPS as a bad parent, and much more.


Letters, October 2006

The Psychologist, October 2006

Freud understood that remembering is motivated by goals and nonconscious processes. Martin A. Conway reflects on his ideas.

Special issue: Memory and desire - Reading Freud

Mick Power on theoretical and practical influences. 


A life in the unconscious

Wendy Hollway on how Freud has influenced her thinking on theory and method.


Psychoanalysis in social psychological research

Stephen Frosh on the tension between order and disorder in his and Freud’s careers.


Special issue: A life on the margins

Michael Billig with his personal reflections.

Special issue: The persistence of Freud

Mark Solms on a perhaps unlikely alliance.


Special issue: Putting the psyche into neuropsychology

Simon Baron-Cohen on Freud’s place in present and future research.


Special issue: Empathy - Freudian origins and 21st century neuroscience

Brian Rock and Peter Fonagy introduce this special issue, marking the 150th anniversary of Freud’s birth.

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