The Psychologist, February 2016
Can psychology find a path to peace?
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Three new dames and an OBE on New Year list
Ella Rhodes spoke to the psychologists awarded honours.
5 minutes with… Dr Noreen Tehrani
Chair Elect of the British Psychological Society’s Crisis, Disaster and Trauma Psychology Section.
Diverse and colourful
Ella Rhodes reports from the annual Psychology4Graduates event organised by the British Psychological Society.
Psychology on the edge
Ella Rhodes reports on the annual question from the online magazine.
The Time in Between: A Memoir of Hunger and Hope
A review of Nancy Tucker's book.
Book Reviews February 2016
Including Irvine Gersch, and forensic psychology.
Above and beyond
Ella Rhodes on the BBC Radio 4 'All in the Mind' awards.
Call to join societies network
Ella Rhodes reports.
Psychologist to head CIPD
Professor Sir Cary Cooper CBE takes the reins.
Keep looking for biological causes
A letter from our February edition.
Storm Desmond and social capital
A letter from the February edition.
What about the ‘other mother’?
Dawn Thorley with a letter from the February edition.
President’s letter February 2016
From Professor Jamie Hacker Hughes.
Morals and harm
A letter from our February edition.
Over-optimistic about attachment
A letter responds to an article in our December edition.
Does it matter if psychologists are unrepresentative?
A letter from our February edition.
The reality of life and death decisions
Dr Fenja V. Ziegler (University of Lincoln) and Dr Richard J. Tunney (University of Nottingham) respond to the article in our December edition.
Derek William Forrest (1926–2015)
An appreciation from Howard Smith (Trinity College Dublin).
One on one… with Susan Hallam
‘Music has so many other benefits’
The many faces of working with visible difference
Isabelle Cullis, Changing Faces Practitioner, on her work at Salisbury District Hospital.
Historical sex object – or undiscovered genius?
John Launer challenges the image of Sabina Spielrein principally as Carl Jung’s mistress: was she one of the most innovative thinkers in 20th-century psychology?
‘Look for small increments of change, not cures’
Nick Maguire (University of Southampton) talks to Ian Florance.
New voices: Researching loyalist communities
Patrick Flack outlines his research in Northern Ireland in the latest in our series for budding writers.
Impact: From riots to crowd safety
In the first of an occasional series, John Drury describes his pathway to impact.
The ascension of parent–offspring ties
How are bonds between parents and their grown-up children changing, and what impact do they have? Karen Fingerman looks at the evidence.
From the Research Digest February 2016
A selection from our blog, written by Christian Jarrett and Alex Fradera.
Genome common sense?
The debate continues, with a letter from John Raven.
Can psychology find a path to peace?
As the UK's Parliament votes to allow bombing in Syria, we ask - are there evidence-based ways to resolve this conflict?