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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

Antigonos Sochos considers whether a familiar concept can be extended to social groups, ideological systems and social institutions.

Attachment – beyond interpersonal relationships

Books from the December issue (including web-only).

Reviews

Dr Jeremy Swinson on a film directed by Bill Pohlid.

Love and Mercy 

Gail A. Hornstein considers artistic depictions of insanity.

Madness from the outside in 

One on one… with Marcus Munafò

Ian Florance talks community psychology with Maggie Peake.

Striving for a fairer society

Emma Nielsen (right) and Kavita Solder (left) remove the blinkers and experience the career peaks and troughs together.

The only way is clinical?

Professor Paul A. Singh Ghuman recognised.

Award for Promoting  Equality of Opportunity

‘The psychology really dictates all the finance’

Professor Lynne Murray and Michael Bond both win the British Psychological Society's award. Ella Rhodes reports.


Book awards

Matthew Connolly reports from the fifth annual Stories of Psychology symposium, held on Wednesday 14 October 2015 at Senate House, University of London

Stories of clinical psychology 

Lance Workman meets Gerd Gigerenzer, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and the Harding Center for Risk Literacy in Berlin.

‘I took the plunge and  chose the risky option’ 

PresidentsOffice@bps.org.uk Twitter: @profjamiehh

President’s column - Professor Jamie Hacker Hughes

Zayba Ghazali with the latest in our series for budding writers.

Can we be scientific about science education?

Big picture: The flotsam and jetsam of life

Chelsea Schein, Amelia Goranson and Kurt Gray consider why immoral acts always seem to be those that cause harm – especially to children.

The uncensored truth about morality

Amanda Henwood and Maggie Ellis on ‘Adaptive Interaction’.

Giving a voice to people with advanced dementia

Celia Kitzinger and Sue Wilkinson argue there’s a role for psychologists in helping people with their Advance Decisions. With the online-extra of our editor Jon Sutton's own Advance Decision.

A matter of life and death

Antarctic challenge

Children of war

From the Research Digest, December 2015

Opening doors for girls in science

More letters…

Oliver James questions the utility of the Human Genome Project when it comes to understanding our psychology.

Not in your genes

Does a culture of graduate volunteering represent 'a socio-economic and politically driven subjugation of women'? 

Money on my mind

A letter responds to our September 'New voices' article.

Negative effects of reward systems in classrooms

Ella Rhodes reports on a role for psychology and psychologists in tackling a major societal issue.

Championing responsible antibiotic use

Ella Rhodes reports from the first-year celebration of the Wellcome Trust funded Hubbub group.

Actively investigating rest

Steve Silberman's Neurotribes, a history of perceptions of autism, has won the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction. Jon Sutton reports.

'A rallying call to respect difference'

After a social media outpouring on destinations for psychology majors, Ella Rhodes calls for a UK equivalent.

What has #ThisPsychGrad been up to?

Elisa Brann, a Research Assistant at University College London, reports from a workshop on neuroscience and the law.

Sowing the seeds on responsibility

Jon Sutton reports from the launch of the Play in Education Development and Learning (PEDaL) Centre at the University of Cambridge.

Time for serious research on play

Kate Johnstone reviews A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (published by Picador), shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

A little life less ordinary

The Psychologist, December 2015

The only way to succeed is to not try, argues Edward Slingerland.

Wu-wei – doing less and wanting more

Words by Natalia Kucirkova (Open University), image by Open University. 

Big Picture: A ‘selfie’ with a difference 

Ben Shephard considers our discipline’s involvement, on all sides.

Psychology and the Great War, 1914–1918 

Reviews, November 2015

Kate Johnstone reviews a Martin McDonagh play from the Royal Court Theatre.

Hangmen 

Ian Florance interviews Siobhan O’Neill, around her policy work on suicide and self-harm.

‘There are political, moral and ethical imperatives’

Karen M. Zabrucky (Professor of Psychology at Georgia State University) describes how a tragic incident influenced her career as a cognitive psychologist.

A life ‘chasing memories’

President’s column November 2015

Steven MacDonald with the latest in our series for budding writers.

New Voices: Working in a ‘goldfish bowl’ – ethics in rural practice

Cary Cooper tells Gail Kinman about his efforts to change occupational culture through wide dissemination of psychological theory and research.

‘Be brave, psychology needs you!’  

Laura M. Kurtycz looks at how to counter ‘learned helplessness.

Choice and control for animals in captivity

Warren Mansell and Timothy A. Carey introduce a theory dating back to the 1950s that is increasingly touted as revitalising the behavioural sciences.

A perceptual control revolution?

The November issue selection from the Society's Research Digest blog.

Digest

 Dr John Alban-Metcalfe (1940–2015)

…other letters from our November issue.

Letters, November 2015

 Thomas Mckenzie Caine (1918–2015)

The debate on 'psychology's non-stick frying pan' continues.

Psychology’s contribution 

Ella Rhodes on a memorandum of understanding between the University of Bolton and Greater Manchester Police.

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