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Articles and interviews in our themed December issue…
- Psychology matters…Psychology is at work all around us, in surprising places, having a real impact that changes lives. Here, we curate a collection of articles and interviews from The Psychologist around that theme…
- Is not going out the 'new normal'?Recent work suggests that the Covid-19 pandemic may have accelerated trends towards staying home.
- The childfree: a neglected population?Ella Rhodes speaks with Psychologists researching conversations and motivations around the decision not to have children.
- The power of virtual realityElla Rhodes hears from those using the technology: has its early promise been realised?
- The older we get, the later we think 'old age' startsShifting ideas about what it means to be old, as well as our own situations, are leading us to postpone what we think of as ‘old age’.
- Dispelling myths about randomisationMarcus Munafò explores randomisation processes.
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- Children, young people and families
- Counselling and psychotherapy
- Oncology
- Palliative care
- Children, young people and families
- Legal, criminological and forensic
- Memory
‘Simply sit with me in the dark’
25 November 2024
Natalie Carpenter on the empathy and connection needed to bear the unbearable.
‘I have one sister, Kerry… she passed away’
11 November 2024
Rebecca Randles on navigating loss, and facing ‘the sibling question’.
‘Psychology has been fundamental in terms of informing witness interview practice’
10 October 2024
Professor Coral Dando (pictured, left) talks witness interviews with Professor Catherine Loveday.
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Features from our Research Digest
Our Research Digest team and guests have produced many evidence-based features around Psychology and our everyday lives…
- Children, young people and families
- Personality and self
- Covid
- BPS updates
- Legal, criminological and forensic
The childfree: a neglected population?
31 October 2024
Ella Rhodes speaks with Psychologists researching conversations and motivations around the decision not to have children.
‘We need Psychologists… but please don’t psychologise Long Covid’
04 November 2024
Dr Aspa Paltoglou hears from physician Dr David Joffe about what’s needed from our discipline; from Janina Bradshaw about what Psychotherapists can do; and from occupational therapist Kirsty Stanley.
David Farrington 1944-2024
07 November 2024
A tribute from Graham Towl.
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Should psychologists embrace AI-powered hypothesis generation?
Emma Young on recent papers and commentaries.
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- Looking backThe history of Psychology and the psychology of history
- MeetsOur interviews
- CulturePsychology in film, TV, radio, theatre, music, art, exhibitions, podcasts and more…
- BooksExtracts from books, interviews with authors, personal features and more.
- Psychosis and schizophrenia
- Sex and gender
- Violence and trauma
- Health and wellbeing
‘We must help people to embrace their stubbornness’
29 October 2024
An extract from ‘Why Psychosis is Not So Crazy’, by Stijn Vanheule.
Why Gilead is personal
02 October 2024
Wind Goodfriend, co-editor of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale Psychology’, shares a trio of extracts from the book.
Cancel Diet Culture – #RiotsNotDiets
16 September 2024
Dr Charlotte Markey with an adapted chapter from ‘Adultish: The Body Image Book for Life’.
…your area
- Health psychologyWe gather together pieces around Health Psychology and Health Psychologists.
- Educational psychologyWe gather together pieces around Educational Psychology and Educational Psychologists.
- Counselling psychologyWe gather together pieces around Counselling Psychology and Counselling Psychologists.
- Occupational psychologyWhether you call it occupational, work, organisational or business psychology, we've got pieces for you.
- Teaching and research in PsychologyWe gather together pieces around the conduct of teaching and research in Psychology.
…more of your areas
- Clinical PsychologyWe gather together pieces around Clinical Psychology and Clinical Psychologists.
- Sports PsychologyA collection of stand-out articles around sports psychology and sports psychologists.
- Forensic PsychologyWe gather together pieces around Forensic Psychology and Forensic Psychologists; psychology applied to the law.
- NeuropsychologyWe gather together pieces around Neuropsychology and the work of Neuropsychologists; brain function and how it relates to cognition, emotion and behaviour.
- Coaching PsychologyWe gather together pieces around Coaching Psychology; aiming to improve performance and more in people, teams and organisations.
‘For me, it's just about telling complicated, grey area human stories’
Jon Ronson and Sander van der Linden in conversation.
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- ObituariesTributes to psychologists.
- Working livesPsychologists talk about their journeys, daily routines, highs and lows, challenges…
- The PsychCrunch archivesAll 38 episodes of our Research Digest podcast, sponsored by Routledge Psychology.
- Big pictureFor several years, we carried 'centrespread' posters with an emphasis on the visual… here, we collect them together.
- Children, young people and families
- Covid
- Relationships and romance
- Stress and anxiety
- Climate and environment
The psychology of friends
27 July 2021
We trawled our archive for insights into why friendship matters and how we can connect safely during the pandemic.
From the archives: Suicide
10 August 2015
We share links from The Psychologist and Research Digest archives.
Action on climate change
09 October 2019
What can psychology do about climate change? Find out in these articles from our pages.
Psychology matters…
Theory, research and practice is all around you. And on our website, we've been bringing you the best of it for 35+ years. You can explore some key searches and collections by selecting one of the statements below.
- BPS updates
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The ultimate psychology reading list
20 February 2024
Since 2008, The Psychologist has been asking people in its 'One on One' section for 'One book or journal article that all psychologists should read'. Here we collect their answers.
Eye on fiction
20 April 2020
Our series of 'eye on fiction' pieces from over the years, collected.
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