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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

'The Colour of Madness: Exploring BAME Mental Health in the UK' by Samara Linton & Rianna Walcott (Eds.) (Skiddaw Books; Pb £9.99). Reviewed by Deborah Husbands.

A kaleidoscope of mental Illness

Malcolm MacLachlan is Director of the ALL (Assisting Living and Learning) Institute and Professor of Psychology and Social Inclusion at Maynooth University.

‘Impact has got to be more than ingroup grooming’

How Shostakovich Changed My Mind by Stephen Johnson (Notting Hill Editions; Hb £14.99), reviewed by Professor Catherine Loveday.

Interesting insights

'How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics' by Michael Pollan (Allen Lane; Hb £20.00), reviewed by Dr Mark Oliver.

Better living through chemistry?

Evolutionary psychologist Lance Workman takes a look at the competition: 'The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve' by Steve Stewart-Williams (Cambridge University Press; Hb £20.00).

The ape that became us

Employer: Midlands Psychology CIC – NHS service providers since 2010.

Featured job: Clinical/Counselling Psychologist – Children’s Autism Services 

Gazelle Twin at the Attenborough Centre, Brighton, reviewed by Isobel Todd.

Dredging the riverbed of our national psyche

Sally Marlow experiences a ‘Mile-Long Opera’ and meets its Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, David Lang.

‘They’ve agreed to build something bigger than themselves’

Associate Professor and Practitioner Health Psychologist Dr Harbinder Sandhu (Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick) is leading a large trial of an intervention that aims to help people with chronic pain taper their opioid use. 

Five minutes with… Dr Harbinder Sandhu

Senate vote, Society statements, and vacancies.

Strengthening BPS policy

Psychologists and neuroscientists honoured – Ella Rhodes reports.

Turing Institute elects new Fellows

British Psychological Society award for Malcolm McLachlan.

Award for social inclusion work

Psychology strong in Leverhulme Prizes

Revealing Britain’s prejudices

From the Chief Executive, December 2018

Paving the way to dementia-friendly communities

Relationship counselling as a ‘necessary social justice'

Bergljot Gjelsvik, Alice Tickell, Ruth Baer, Chris O’Neill and Catherine Crane call for more rigour and less hype.

Mindfulness and clinical science

Ella Rhodes speaks to Dominic Willmott, whose research on the role of inaccurate beliefs about rape has caught the attention of policy makers.

‘There is a problem with juries acting on myths rather than evidence’

X is for... Xenophobia

Rebecca Fellows is an Assistant Psychologist in a busy and expanding Infant Mental Health Service in Leeds.

Early relationships matter

'We’re pulling bodies out of the river, we need to ask why they’re falling in’

Elizabeth Stokoe introduces a special collection by tuning in to conversation analysis: in particular, is it better to ‘talk’ or ‘speak’? 
Includes contributions from José-Miguel Fernández-Dols, Saul Albert, Stuart Reeves and Martin Porcheron, Alexa Hepburn and Jenny Mandelbaum, Elliott Hoey, and Emily Hofstetter.

How real people communicate

Martin Milton watches a play from Matthew Lopez, The Inheritance.

Absorbing rather than simply studying

The Psychologist, December 2018

Behavioral Neurobiology of Psychedelic Drugs edited by Adam Halberstadt, Franz Vollenweider & David Nichols (Springer; ebook £119.50; Hb £149.99) Reviewed by Kimberley Smith 

Challenging views on the therapeutic properties of psychedelic drugs 

British Psychological Society Book Awards.

The best in psychology writing honoured

Ella Rhodes meets the health psychologist and Trustee of Haemochromatosis UK.

5 minutes with… Roseanna Brady

A concern raised in our November edition.

PIP assessment – are vulnerable people traumatised all over again?

Priorities in male psychology

A response to Brian Hughes' piece on exaggeration in psychology.

British Journal of Replication Psychology

Responses to our September cover feature.

Fiddling while Rome burns?

Sergio A. Silverio with a personal take on modern constructions of ancient family values. Online exclusive.

From mothers to matriarchs

Ian Florance meets Dr Alistair Teager from Salford Royal Hospital.

‘When the Manchester Arena attack happened we developed our plans on the way to work'

Sangeetha Rajan on her journey and her work with The Arts Quotient.

‘The arts use a lot of psychology in designing the artistic experience’

'Hooked: When Want Becomes Need' (Science Gallery, London), reviewed by Sonali Dave and Vasileia Kotoula, Researchers at King’s College London.

From gaming to gambling

Kate Johnstone, Associate Editor for Culture, reviews 'Magic Medicine' and interviews the director Monty Wates.

The results do the talking

Obsessive Compulsions: The OCD of Everyday Life by C. Thomas Gualtieri (Jessica Kingsley; Pb £13.99), reviewed by Dr Lucia Giombini.


Compulsive reading?

The Colour of Bee Larkham’s Murder by Sarah J. Harris (HarperCollins; Hb £12.99), reviewed by Eloise.

Not to be missed

'Cyberpsychology as Everyday Experience Across the Lifespan' by Dave Harley, Julie Morgan, Hannah Frith (Palgrave Macmillan; Hb £79.99), reviewed by Robert Griffin. 

Understanding the digital life

'Reclaiming the Curriculum', Bill Laar & Jackie Holderness (Crown House;Pb £16.99), reviewed by Dr Katy Smart.

For a transformational uplift

Consultant Psychologist at eras ltd and author of 'I Think I’ll Manage' and, with Pat Nevin, 'In Ma Head, Son'.

My shelfie… Dr George Sik 

W is for… Willpower

Ella Rhodes talks to psychologists in our end of days. Includes online extra.

Psychology's last stand: Making a difference in the zombie apocalypse

Christine Parsons and Melanie Rosen on how we construct an image by sharing activity data and dream reports.

Reporting your ‘dream self’

Ella Rhodes reports on a new government strategy: 'Improving people’s health: Applying behavioural and social sciences to improve population health and wellbeing in England'. 

Addressing the key public health issues of our time

Antonia Bifulco on her own adventures in family history.

‘Half the world away’ – family identity and emotional geography

Paula Nicolson looks at developing identities in the 21st century.

Family trees, selfies and our search for identity

Ella Rhodes reports from a joint British Academy / British Psychological Society lecture, from Professor Anke Ehlers.

Trauma in the 'here and now'

We meet Lily Bernheimer – environmental psychology consultant, researcher and writer – and run a chapter from her new book.

The shaping of us

Cade Anderson-Smith looks back on the DSM, Homosexuality and the 1972 American Psychiatric Association Convention.

The lasting legacy of Dr Anonymous

Rebecca Poinot on discovering a voice as a French person living and working in psychology in the UK.

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