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Editorial, May 2025

Ella Rhodes spoke to Sarah Marsh, Chair of the British Psychological Society’s Political Psychology Section, about the challenges facing the field, and her own hopes for what the Section can achieve.

'Democracy is something we fought for'

This year the British Psychological Society’s Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section (QMiP) celebrates the 20th anniversary of its creation…

Progress, Power and Possibilities: 20 Years of the Qualitative Methods Section

Lyndsey Hayes, Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow, and Association for the Teaching of Psychology (ATP) Representative on the British Psychological Society’s Division for Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology Committee, meets Harriet Ennis and Nick Serifin, the finalists of the DARTP Pre-tertiary Education Psychology Teacher of the Year award.

‘I have found ways to supercharge learning’

Our editor Jon Sutton reports from a one-day conference of the Behavioural Science and Public Health Network in Liverpool.

Behavioural science and public health – keeping ahead of change

Our editor Jon Sutton meets Dr Monty Lyman, winner in the ‘Popular Science’ category of the 2024 British Psychological Society Book Award for 'The Immune Mind: The New Science of Health'.

‘Physical and mental health support must go hand-in-hand if we’re to truly improve outcomes’

A survey of UK-based teachers reveals prevalent misogynistic attitudes and behaviours in primary and secondary schoolboys, and details their impacts on female pupils and staff.

Teachers triage the schoolyard effects of online misogyny

New research probes the psychological influences of hormones throughout the menstrual cycle.

Untangling links between wellbeing and the menstrual cycle

Recent work investigates Theory of Mind in children who lived through the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Pandemic kids more likely to struggle identifying false beliefs

New comparative studies illustrate similar social dynamics elsewhere in the animal kingdom.

Humans aren’t the only ones whose social circles shrink in old age

People who ask questions then answer them themselves are seen as disinterested in conversation partners, and liked less as a result, according to new research.

To improve your conversation skills, ditch ‘boomerasking’

How much misconduct should there be in research?

Dr Gil Greengross rethinks the health benefits of humour and laughter.

Cracking the joke 

Health Psychologist and British Psychological Society Chartered Member Dr Jane Meyrick discusses the changing landscape of gender-based stereotypes, attitudes and sexual violence. As told to Ella Rhodes.

‘There’s a significant change in where sexual scripts come from’

Fauzia Khan interviews Dr Madeleine Pownall, Associate Professor at the School of Psychology, University of Leeds.

‘Feminist psychology has its own little language… I find it beautiful and honest’

Adam Boyle talks with colleagues about the impact of the representation of men and boys using their service.

'The fewer male psychologists we have, the more the stigma persists'

Kate Quinn (clinical psychologist), Andy Kerrigan (social care worker) and Jess Ing (counselling psychologist) on merch, memes and metalcore as tools for community engagement in men’s mental health; but first, a personal story from one of their ‘Heavy Metal Therapy’ contributors, Andy.

‘From their screaming I found feeling and meaning’

Laura Gee on personal and research experiences of ‘gender inverted stereotypes’ and more.

‘You don’t look gay?’

Jennifer Gledhill talks to Dr Roxanne Khan about her new book, The Psychology of ‘Honor’ Abuse, Violence and Killings, and why she believes psychological research in this area has been neglected for so long.


'I’ve never met a single psychologist who understands enough about honour killings'

Psychologists and Sex Therapists Dr Lauren Fogel Mersy and Dr Jennifer Vencill on themes from their new book.

Seven ways to tackle desire discrepancy and the avoidance cycle

From Community Psychology to A New Understanding of ‘Dementia’ – Mike Bender describes the journey to Tony Wainwright. 

‘Maybe more psychologists need to become outsiders’

Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology, Biza Stenfert Kroese, hears from Retired Consultant Clinical Psychologist Penny Priest about the real-world inspiration behind her debut novel, 'Team Of One'. Plus a review from George Callaghan.

‘I witnessed so many examples of people supporting each other’ 

Dr Nihara Krause MBE, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society, watches the Netflix series.

Why does 'Adolescence' hit a nerve?

The team from the Centre for Appearance Research at the University of the West of England mark a milestone for their podcast.

Changing how the world sees bodies

Dr Emily Alexander considers cultural influence and a gendered legacy.

Hysteria: a historical mirror in the misogyny of medicine?

We hear from Nic Bowes, Sally Tilt (Chair of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Forensic Psychology) and Dapinder Matharu.

Forensic Psychology matters

What compassion really means…

Helen Catchpole laments the dearth of research into many aspects of bereavement experience.

A need for curiosity around bereavement

Isabel Clarke, on the March 2025 issue of The Psychologist.

Meaning making and psychosis

Bhupinder Singh Kuwar, Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, writes.

Why GCSE Psychology deserves recognition as the fourth science

A tribute to the eminent social psychologist, public intellectual and former President of the British Psychological Society, from David Fryer (Chartered Psychologist at the University of Queensland).

Halla Beloff 1930-2025

Words by Dr James Morris and Prof. Niamh Fitzgerald. With thanks to Jean Heather, Prof. Steve Rollnick and Trevor McCarthy.

Nick Heather 1938–2025

Tributes to the pioneering and inspirational critical psychiatrist, academic, and advocate for racial justice in mental health.

Dr Suman Fernando 1932–2025

A tribute from Jenny Taylor and Ruth Arnell.

Dr Molly Bodinetz 1979–2024

A tribute from former educational psychology colleagues.

Catharina (Tiny) Arora 1944–2024

Nick Wykes 1970-2025

Penelope Leach looks back at her May 1993 feature article.

From the archive: Should parents hit their children?

Can highlighting the benefits of change for men help alter gender-based stereotypes?

The Psychologist, May 2025

Our editor Jon Sutton meets Marcus Munafò, winner of the British Psychological Society’s Presidents’ Award, Professor of Biological Psychology at the University of Bristol, and a key player in the debate over replication and open science.

‘There’s this conspiracy of silence around how science really works’

Clinical psychologist Dr Rachel Happer on her role as Head of the National Confidential Forum.

‘This is about their truth’

Sally Marlow and Hilary Brodsky review 'Gin for Breakfast' at the Tristan Bates Theatre. 

A safe space for tough topics

Basma Alharthy visits an exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery.

Basquiat – ‘hauntingly relevant to today’s world’

Featured Job: Research and Product Development Director with 10x Psychometrics

Can both fiction and non-fiction restore it?

What to read… if you’re losing faith in humanity 

iGen – science or advertisement? 

Paul Moloney reviews 'The Masses are the Ruling Classes' by William Epstein.

Deserves a wide readership

Interdisciplinary funding opportunity

Ella Rhodes reports from the British Psychological Society's seventh annual Stories of Psychology event.

The women who made psychology

Turing Fellowships for psychologists

A Nobel nudge

Ella Rhodes reports from an event of the British Psychological Society's Crisis, Disaster and Trauma Psychology Section.

Child victims of war and disaster

Dr Pamela M. Kenealy AFBPsS (1952–2017)

The Chair of the British Psychological Society's Expert Witness Advisory Group writes. 

Supporting expert witnesses 

Questions asked by those working with them.

Clinical guideline confusion

Ins and outs of stereotyping

Failure of ruling elites

Women drivers

Mallory Wober responds to recent coverage. 

The positives of boarding schools

President’s Letter, December 2017

Car-dependency – built in to the system?

A police officer and member of the British Psychological Society writes.

Responding to first responders

Should elite performance come second?

Hugo Maximillian Metcalfe and Alex Smith write.

Hearing the hidden hashtags

‘As public intellectuals, it is possible to be both polite and radical’

Jan Noyes on Conwy Lloyd Morgan, the first psychologist to become a Fellow of the Royal Society.

‘…constantly at work  in the laboratory of  my own mind’

L is for… Loneliness

Elena Lemonaki and Patrick Leman consider overt and insidious forms of sexism.

Nasty or nice?

Professor Theresa Gannon (University of Kent) on her journey to impact. As told to our journalist Ella Rhodes.

‘There was no standardised treatment for people who set deliberate fires'

Craig A. Harper believes the road to (political) hell is paved with good intentions…

The coddling campus

Dr Jo Wilson, Essex Partnership University NHS Trust, reports from 'Creativity in co-production' at the King's Centre in Norwich.

Eliminating the false divide

Dr Emily David watches Louis Theroux's 'Talking to Anorexia'.

Life consuming

Tanya Bhayani reports from the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival.

Diving into something new

Nadia Craddock reads 'Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body', by Roxane Gay, published by Corsair.


The body as a barrier

A conversation across the Atlantic, between Dr Tony Rousmaniere and Professor Miranda Wolpert.

Talking failure in therapy and beyond

The Psychologist, December 2017

At the 2017 Latitude Festival in Suffolk, our editor Dr Jon Sutton introduced Professor Stephen D. Reicher in the Wellcome Trust Arena. This is an edited transcript.

The rules of unruliness

Featured job: Behavioural Consultant with Stamford Associates

President’s Letter, November 2017

Martin Gemmell on educational psychology north of the border.

Distinctively Scottish

Alexandra Pentaraki responds to our online piece.

Reducing drop-out rates in online degrees

Female boxers and mental health

A response to our ethics debate in the September issue.

Morally indefensible research? 

Carole Allan's appreciation for the British Psychological Society's retiring Chief Executive.

‘Always cheerful and positive’

Positive steps to wellbeing after stroke

New from Routledge is 'Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, The International Handbook'. With 626 pages in 43 chapters from 18 different countries, it was a mammoth undertaking for editors Barbara A. Wilson, Jill Winegardner, Caroline M. van Heugten and Tamara Ownsworth. Here, they outline some of the challenges.

From witch doctors to sophisticated science

Claire Harris reviews High Tide, Low Tide: The Caring Friend’s Guide to Bipolar Disorder, by Martin Baker & Fran Houston (Nordland; Pb £12.99)

Feel part of a unique friendship

Lisa Grünwald reads 'My Psychosis Story' by Emmanuel Owusu (AuthorHouseUK; Pb £29.99).

Retaining a sense of hope

Stacey A. Bedwell reviews The One Memory of Flora Banks, by Emily Barr (Penguin; Pb £7.99)

With a mystery and a positive message 

Khadj Rouf on the 'tough read' that is The Incest Diary, an anonymous offering published by Bloomsbury.

Trapped in a place of torture

Craig Harper reviews 'Post-Truth: How Bullshit Conquered the World', by James Ball (Biteback; Pb £9.99).

We’re all part of the problem

We talk to Megan Hine about her book 'Mind of a Survivor', and what wilderness survival might tell us about coping and self-reliance.   

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