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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, introduces December's issue of The Psychologist.

Home is where the heart is

John Hall and David Pilgrim assess what more should have been done to prevent the scandal at Edenfield Medium Secure Unit in Manchester.  

A collective moral obligation

Heidi Pickett calls for awareness and understanding.

Afro hair and mental health

Lucy Johnstone argues that we are now seeing another unhelpful trend; the apparent desire to acquire, if necessary though self-diagnosis on TikTok, a diagnostic label of some kind.

An additional battle

Shaween Amin on the challenges facing young players, ahead of the World Cup.

Football and self-worth

Siân Levell, Shannon Triffitt, and Megan Burkinshaw on current challenges around eating disorder services.

Cost of living and the wellbeing of service users

Holly Ellerton and Alice Gains, plus 377 signatories, call for change and support. With a British Psychological Society response.

The Assistant Psychologist Role in a changing workforce

Cathy McCormack 1952-2022

Lewis McQueen looks at why a gap has emerged between dementia guidelines and practice on the ground, and asks what more should be done to care for the carers.

‘There was no help really, in knowing what to do about dementia’

Reflections on the Aspiring Clinical Psychologists Access Scheme, from Assistant Psychologist Thomas Gourley.

Are all barriers the same height? 

A multi-disciplinary team from Newcastle University and the University of Dundee have launched the ‘Home Hack Toolkit’.

Lockdown leads to family wellbeing toolkit

Dr Shunghu Hilda M’gadzah has said the UK government is not doing enough to educate people or to find out why these crimes are happening.

‘Deeply worrying’ rise in hate crimes

At a conference hosted by the British Psychological Society’s Expert Witness Advisory Group (EWAG) hundreds of delegates heard fascinating talks from a judge, and psychologists with years of experience working as expert witnesses. Ella Rhodes reports. 

Beyond conflict, towards parity and consensus

Rosie Stone, an apprentice psychological wellbeing practitioner with lived experience of trauma, has helped to develop an introductory training course in trauma-informed practice.

Five minutes with… Rosie Stone

The BPS has strongly opposed The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) proposal to increase its registration fee by almost 20 per cent.

HCPC proposed fee increase

The BPS has announced it intends to establish a new Faculty of Primary Care. 

New faculty of primary care

Ella Rhodes reports on the latest 'I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here'.

In the zone

The BPS History of Psychology Centre is appealing for donations of records relating to Black Psychology and Black Psychologists in the UK. 

Broadening the Society archive

The British Psychological Society has warned of a potential mental health crisis this winter following the results of a YouGov survey the BPS commissioned.

Cost of living under strain

A Clinical Lead for Psychological Professions has been appointed at NHS England to maximise the benefit of psychological professions for the public in England.

‘We need a more psychological NHS’

Researchers are making new discoveries about what makes a line funny, how humour affects us and what a person’s comic style can reveal about them.

Humour

We often hear of emerging ‘generations’, most recently the ‘Covid-19 Generation’. But are such labels helpful, or potentially damaging? Shaoni Bhattacharya delves into the debate.

Time to stop talking about ‘my generation’?

Marie Houghton on why psychologists should think more about housing.

There’s no place like home

Laura Phillips-Farmer with a ‘pathways’ approach to homelessness and the meaning of home.

A gateway to normality

Editor Jon Sutton meets Dr Emily Turton, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, South London Partnership Complex Care Programme.

‘Home is quite a frightening place. Often, home is hospital.'

Sophie Randall on working in a Specialist Dementia Intervention Team.

‘Helping people feel valued, supported and listened to… that can become lost’

Roberta Caiazza on a personal journey to equine therapy.

‘When life was unbearable, horses helped us through’

Dr Lawrence Howells, Clinical Psychologist and author of Understanding Your 7 Emotions, with an adapted chapter from the book.

Understanding guilt: The useless emotion?

Our editor Jon Sutton reviews ‘Love and Let Die: Bond, The Beatles and the British Psyche’, by John Higgs.

Tomorrow, never…?

Jess Baker and Rod Vincent with tips taken from their new book, The Super-Helper Syndrome (Flint Books).

The biggest mistake people make when trying to help

Barry Morgan reviews the book, 'Framers: Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil'. 

In the frame?

Morris Nitsun, with insights from the border of art and psychotherapy, explored more in his book.

A psychotherapist paints

Marc Hye-Knudsen, Aarhus University, reviews two new dark comedy series that get the audience to root for and find humour in murder; 'Bad Sisters', and 'Am I Being Unreasonable?'.

Exercises in unlikability

Dr Jennifer O’Mahoney provides her views on Kathryn Ferguson’s film, 'Nothing Compares', which concentrates on Sinead O'Connor's life between 1987 and 1993.

A bold and courageous legacy

Scott Cole explains how he created an appealing and stimulating programme for A-level and undergraduate psychology students through the medium of short films. 

Teaching Psychology through film

Riddhi Laijawala, King’s College London reviews a recent episode of Music Matters, a BBC Radio 3 Programme, that focused on the benefits of music on mental health. 

Music is a lifesaver

New film 'The Banshees of Inisherin', reviewed by Catriona Shelly and Orla Muldoon.

Beyond the island

As the Anna Freud Centre marks its 70th anniversary, Professor Nick Midgley reflects on the impact which her work had on the ways we think about and care for children.

Anna Freud – advocate of the child

We dipped into the Society member database and spoke with Dr Panagiotis Parpottas, Assistant Professor of Counselling Psychology, European University Cyprus in Nicosia, Cyprus.

One on one: Dr Panagiotis Parpottas

The Psychologist, December 2022

Dr Aleksandra Cisłak introduces three interviews with non-psychologists who have written books around the themes of power, corruption and trust. 

Power: Our fundamental concept

Our readers respond to Dr Lucy Foulkes' article (September 2022) looking at how awareness campaigns may not be helping, and in some way actively making people worse.


Real talk about mental health

Anvita Vikram, Madeleine Siniscalchi and Anita Banerji (pictured, left to right).

A case for co-production 

Anna McNulty argues that LGBTQ+ inclusive language with children is lacking in mental health settings.

‘Do you have a girlfriend?’

Sue Gerrard believes generalising the term 'working-class' creates serious challenges for research, policy and practical psychology.

Reifying class

Martin Weegmann offers his thoughts on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Facing our multiple realities

Why in Wales does there appear to be a received wisdom that learning more than one language must be confusing for a child?

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