The Psychologist, June 2009

Albert Bandura spoke to a packed audience at Friends House on 22 April about how he is abating urgent global problems by psychosocial means.

William J. Fear argues that people on incapacity benefit need a psychosocial intervention rooted in self-efficacy.

Alison Pike, Tina Kretschmer and Judith F. Dunn on what the research says about achieving a harmonious household.

Christian Jarrett on the benefits (and dangers) of using virtual worlds in your psychological research, therapy and teaching.

Gustav Jahoda on the German philosopher and psychologist Johann Friedrich Herbart, and his view of the mind as a starry sky of Newtonian forces.

Christian Hoppe and Jelena Stojanovic look towards the neural mechanics behind talent.

Ian Florance talks to Gesthimani (Manya) Merodoulaki about her views on the role and practice of counselling psychology.

Clinical psychologist and writer.

Including how brain science is changing our world; Straits and Narrow; Fundamentals of Psychology; Working with Ethnicity, Race and Culture in Mental Health; and more, including web extras.

Including speaking up for IAPT; being adult about humour; climate change – answering the sceptics; statutory regulation – where next…? and more.

including the ‘treatment’ of homosexuality; new psychology award; self-screening; psychologists and torture; genetic links to autism; and much more.

Including President’s column; Award for Promoting Equality of Opportunity; Data protection notification; Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research Contributions to Psychology 2008; and more.