The Psychologist, August 2018

Earlier this summer the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience held its first Arts in Mind Festival, a week-long series of 30 exhibitions, performances, screenings and workshops all exploring interdisciplinary collaborations between scientists and clinicians studying the brain and mental health and the arts.

Jack Purrington on experiencing therapy as a psychologist.

Assistant Psychologist Emily Kruger writes.

Dr Chris Boyle and Dr Will Shield (University of Exeter) write.

Zara Kayani writes.

Our journalist Ella Rhodes visited the Division of Forensic Psychology’s annual conference held at the Hilton Hotel Gateshead.

Ella Rhodes reports on a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Psychology.

New online database.

Ella Rhodes reports on a new research project led by Clifford Stott.

Listening to Design by Andrew Levitt (Reaktion Books; Hb £15.00), reviewed by Dr Lucia Giombini.

Associate Professor, Programme Leader MSc Occupational Psychology, UWE Bristol.

'The Biological Mind: How Brain, Body, and Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are', by Alan Jasanoff (Basic Books; Hb £21.99), reviewed by Philip J. Corr.

Collaboration in Psychological Science: Behind the Scenes, by Richard L. Zweigenhaft & Eugine Borgida (Eds.) (Worth; Pb £31.99), reviewed by Andreas Lieberoth PhD who is Assistant Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark.

The Psychologist A to Z continues.

September sees a collaboration between Sharron Hinchliff, Reader in Psychology and Health at the University of Sheffield, and Pete McKee, an artist from Sheffield known for his evocative images and distinctive style (‘Till the end of our days’, pictured). We spoke to her.

We meet Dion Terrelonge to talk about ‘style psychology’ and her work as an educational psychologist.

Mats Alvesson cautions against the seductive tendency to gild the lily; and argues that we may have underestimated the value of ‘functional stupidity’.

Madeleine Pownall meets Professor David Clarke (University of Nottingham) to discuss an emerging method within psychology – behaviour sequence analysis.

Emilia Misheva considers the evidence.

Joe Smith on differing views over what we should strive for, and what they mean for positive psychology on the 20th anniversary of its springing to life.

What, if anything, has psychology learned from the study of famous brains? G. Neil Martin investigates…

New evidence from the Zimbardo archives challenges everything you have taught (or been taught) about the Stanford Prison Experiment, argue Stephen Reicher, S. Alexander Haslam and Jay Van Bavel.

We meet Matt Haig.

Our journalist Ella Rhodes speaks to Professor Andrew Przybylski, Director of Research at the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford, about the inclusion of 'gaming disorder' in ICD-11.

Liz Jenkinson visits a Grayson Perry exhibition.

'The Hope Circuit: A Psychologist’s Journey from Helplessness to Optimism', by Martin E.P. Seligman (Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2018) reviewed by Mark Brown.

Reflections from Assistant Psychologist Chris Millar on female offender care in UK prisons.