The Psychologist, May 2016
Are we punching our weight?
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Big Picture: Poetry as a mental health resource
Words and poem by Helena Dunthorne.
Book reviews - May 2016
A selection from the print edition.
Happiness then and now
Sandie McHugh and Jerome Carson describe two happiness surveys from Bolton, 76 years apart.
Craig against the machine
A book review from the May 2016 edition.
One on one… with Peter Kinderman
‘We can still choose how to respond: how to fight against creation’.
Featured Job, May 2016
Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology in the Department of Applied Psychology, Cardiff Metropolitan University.
A culture shock to the system
Nadine Mirza, MPhil student, University of Manchester.
A journalistic eye
Liz Hollis, freelance journalist and media consultant specialising in psychology.
From vitamins to showing loving kindness
How do those on the fringes of psychology view our profession? Ian Florance meets Michèle Down.
‘Curiosity is a pillar of academic performance’
Sophie von Stumm runs the Hungry Mind Lab at Goldsmiths, University of London. Jon Sutton poses the questions.
Opinion: Buried in bullshit
Tom Farsides and Paul Sparks smell trouble.
Opinion: Our struggle between science and pseudoscience
Chris Ferguson takes a dim view of the state of academic psychology, but trusts that the light shining on our discipline will show us the way.
Making brain waves in society
Cliodhna O’Connor and Helene Joffe on the ‘ripple effects’ generated as a piece of neuroscience leaves the laboratory.
Arts-based research – radical or conventional?
David Carless and Kitrina Douglas make the case for an alternative methodology.
Are we punching our weight?
Our journalist Ella Rhodes asks whether psychology is having the desired impact, through the media and policy.
From the research Digest May 2016
A selection from the Society's blog.
Biggest Bang yet
Ella Rhodes reports on the British Psychological Society presence at the Big Bang Fair.
Opening Skinner’s Box
Ella Rhodes reports on a new psychologically-informed production.
Sweet move in obesity policy
Ella Rhodes reports on the 'sugar tax'.
Hostage-support network
Ella Rhodes reports on a call for volunteers to offer therapy.
Students become pioneers for justice
Ella Rhodes reports on a scheme involving the University of Bolton's School of Education and Psychology.
Multifaceted and intricate
Ella Rhodes reports on some of the psychology and psychiatry events at this year’s Cambridge Science Festival fortnight.
A Hub to challenge misconceptions collaboratively
New interdisciplinary group to be based at the Wellcome Collection.
Letters May 2016
More correspondence from the latest edition.
Innovative approach to hostels shows promise
Ella Rhodes reports.
Felt presence and the ‘hard problem'
A letter from our May edition.
Organising our branches
A letter from our May edition.
LGBT prisoners
A letter from our May issue.
Rethinking practitioner roles
A letter from our May edition.