The Psychologist, November 2017
The rules of unruliness
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The rules of unruliness
At the 2017 Latitude Festival in Suffolk, our editor Dr Jon Sutton introduced Professor Stephen D. Reicher in the Wellcome Trust Arena. This is an edited transcript.
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From our November edition.
President’s Letter, November 2017
The latest from Nicola Gale.
Distinctively Scottish
Martin Gemmell on educational psychology north of the border.
Reducing drop-out rates in online degrees
Alexandra Pentaraki responds to our online piece.
Female boxers and mental health
A response to an August article.
Morally indefensible research?
A response to our ethics debate in the September issue.
‘Always cheerful and positive’
Carole Allan's appreciation for the British Psychological Society's retiring Chief Executive.
Positive steps to wellbeing after stroke
We speak to Professor Reg Morris.
From witch doctors to sophisticated science
New from Routledge is 'Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, The International Handbook'. With 626 pages in 43 chapters from 18 different countries, it was a mammoth undertaking for editors Barbara A. Wilson, Jill Winegardner, Caroline M. van Heugten and Tamara Ownsworth. Here, they outline some of the challenges.
Feel part of a unique friendship
Claire Harris reviews High Tide, Low Tide: The Caring Friend’s Guide to Bipolar Disorder, by Martin Baker & Fran Houston (Nordland; Pb £12.99)
Retaining a sense of hope
Lisa Grünwald reads 'My Psychosis Story' by Emmanuel Owusu (AuthorHouseUK; Pb £29.99).
With a mystery and a positive message
Stacey A. Bedwell reviews The One Memory of Flora Banks, by Emily Barr (Penguin; Pb £7.99)
Trapped in a place of torture
Khadj Rouf on the 'tough read' that is The Incest Diary, an anonymous offering published by Bloomsbury.
We’re all part of the problem
Craig Harper reviews 'Post-Truth: How Bullshit Conquered the World', by James Ball (Biteback; Pb £9.99).
‘You cannot sit on the fence, you have to commit and act’
We talk to Megan Hine about her book 'Mind of a Survivor', and what wilderness survival might tell us about coping and self-reliance.
K is for… Kissing
The Psychologist A to Z continues.
Award for brain development research
Ella Rhodes reports.
Our award-winning books
Ella Rhodes reports on the British Psychological Society Book Award winners.
What good looks like
Ella Rhodes on a recent British Psychological Society report.
Revealing hidden issues
Ella Rhodes reports on progress following the publication of Society guidelines on non-recent sexual abuse.
Searching for authentic memories in the digital age
Assistant Professor Ali Mattu (Columbia University) reviews Blade Runner 2049.
The changing workplace
Six contributions consider how the pace of economic, technological, social and environmental change requires a re-evaluation of how we work now and in the future
‘I feel I’m contributing to science getting the impact it deserves’
Ian Florance meets Stavroula Kousta.
‘Imagine the brave new world… these are small psychological interventions capable of big effects’
Our editor Jon Sutton meets Professor Kavita Vedhara (University of Nottingham)
From mythical idealisation to political and personal reality
Dr Joanna North, winner of the Society’s Award for Distinguished Contributions to Professional Psychology; what lessons can be drawn from 10 years of running an Ofsted-registered adoption support agency?
Eye on Fiction: Making room for values and emotions
Vivienne Laidler with an introduction to acceptance and commitment therapy through the literary work Room on the Broom, by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler; is the popular children’s book a fable of third wave cognitive and behavioural therapy in disguise?
Hand in hand
Sue Fletcher-Watson considers the future of knowledge exchange in psychology.
A true crime fan's paradise
Angela Deegan listens to the 'Sword and Scale' podcast.
Burns, cosmetic surgery, collaboration and more
Ella Rhodes reports from the British Psychological Society’s Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference in Cardiff.
The separate 'anorexic voice'
Madeleine Pownall (University of Lincoln) watches the BBC3 mini-series Overshadowed.
Communicating the importance of psychology
Psychologist and broadcaster Claudia Hammond honoured by the British Academy.
Pushing beyond the stereotypes of voice hearing
Charles Fernyhough on his team's role in an unusual new video game; and two players, Jamie Moffatt and George Hales, give their views on it.
Is that me or my twin?
Ella Rhodes on the latest IgNobel Prize ceremony.
What a wonderful world
Our editor Jon Sutton reports from the Annual Meeting of the British Psychological Society's Psychobiology Section.
The same old song, but this time out of tune
Martin Conway is less than impressed by Fredrick Crews’ new book ‘Fre/aud: The Making of an Illusion’