The Psychologist, November 2012

The photomontage is by Steve Caplin (author of How to Cheat in Photoshop) and David Veale, who is a director of a national specialist service in BDD at the Maudsley and Royal Bethlem Hospitals.

Catherine Sebastian, joint winner of the Society’s Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research Contributions to Psychology, on rejection and the adolescent brain.

Includes online-only answers

Ciarán O’Keeffe marks the 20th anniversary of a notorious BBC Halloween special with a look at its legacy and links with psychology.

Gareth Norris with the latest in our series for budding writers (see www.bps.org.uk/newvoices for more information)

Working in residential care, with Cian Aherne and Noelle Fitzgerald; we talk to Jon White about working in public relations; plus the latest vacancies.

Jon Sutton meets Craig Knight (University of Exeter and Director of IDR) to talk about identity and the design of our environments. You can listen to or download the interview in full by clicking on the speaker link below.

Orla T. Muldoon and Aisling T. O’Donnell on a novel idea for your classroom

Thomas C. Scott-Phillips on the research that won him the Society’s Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research Contributions to Psychology.

Stephen Joseph discusses the psychology of post-traumatic growth.

Sex and zombie cannibals, with Mark Sergeant; science journalism; and more

Including failure; memoirs of an addicted brain; Geoffrey Beattie; and life after trauma

Tackling the environmental crisis; voluntary work; learning disability; and more

in pursuit of awe; abuse definition; liberal bias; Kahneman warning; fanaticism debate; Developmental Section conference; and more.

President’s column; Book Award