The Psychologist, May 2014

The final President’s column from Richard Mallows; technical support in psychological research; and an update from the Branch network

‘Dance psychologist’ Peter Lovatt (University of Hertfordshire) talks to Gail Kinman

Betty Rudd with the latest in our series – see www.bps.org.uk/newvoices for more information

Michèle Birtel looks at using psychotherapeutic techniques to fight prejudice and stigma.

Kathryn Evans and Khadj Rouf look at the psychological challenges for children and parents.

Tom Dickins looks to an island off the north Devon coast to liberate the imaginations of his students.

Lyn Ellett and Tim Wildschut consider evidence of paranoia in non-clinical populations.

What a ridiculous question, says Christopher J. Ferguson. Surely there is a way out of this endless cycle of research and moralising?

…we salute you. With a little help from his friends, Editor Jon Sutton looks for shortcuts to musical expertise.

Praise, gender in the workplace, and public speaking, in the latest from the Society's free Research Digest service (see www.researchdigest.org.uk/blog)

New MindEd site launched; Wellcome prizes; Who’s driving brain research?; new academicians; funding news; toying with psychology; and more

The dyslexia debate; the fall and rise of the NHS; alternatives to psychology; active procrastination; self-publishing; journalism and trauma; and more

Director, East Side Institute for Group & Short Term Psychotherapy, New York

Image and text by Max Roberts (Department of Psychology, University of Essex).

Peter Lamont on what witches and dead people can tell us about extraordinary beliefs.

… and many more reviews, including the Beyond Seizures exhibition, burnout in sport, What the Thunder Said, and the Noba Project

We talk to Antonia Bifulco, Head of the Psychology Department at Middlesex University as well as co-Director of the Centre for Abuse and Trauma Studies; and Belinda Hemingway examines her path in health psychology.