The Psychologist, July 2019
‘Everyone has something to add to this conversation'
‘Everyone has something to add to this conversation'
The school to prison pipeline
Ella Rhodes reports on the APA symposium at the Annual Conference.
Political powers vs Ivory towers
Ella Rhodes reports on our fringe event at the Annual Conference.
Frameworks for impact
Annie Brookman-Byrne reports on the knowledge exchange and impact session at the Annual Conference.
How can we ensure the NHS has the workforce it needs?
Beth Clare McManus reports from Anita Charlesworth's keynote on the NHS workforce at the Annual Conference.
Inequality: the Japanese knotweed problem
Zoe Sanderson reports on a panel discussion at the Annual Conference about how our discipline can respond to the challenge of the psychological impact of inequality.
Answering questions over Brexit
Ella Rhodes reports from the Political Society Section's symposium on Brexit.
Funding good questions asked rigorously
Ella Rhodes reports on Sir Mark Walport's keynote at the Annual Conference.
Featured Job: Forensic Psychologists
Employer: HM Prison & Probation Service
‘Everyone has something to add to this conversation'
Within this special collection, a range of articles explore different elements of alcohol use.
Challenging the language of alcohol problems
James Morris and Claire Melia.
Inspection of education
Ella Rhodes reports.
The reality and the duty of care of TV production companies
Ella Rhodes reports.
Psychologists should be on the Shortage Occupation List
Ella Rhodes reports.
Changing and challenging the psychological workforce
Ella Rhodes reports.
Putting a price on psychology
Ella Rhodes on comments from the Education Secretary Damian Hinds.
Too much pressure
Report on higher education staff shows that many are having a hard time. Ella Rhodes reports.
Paris in the Spring
Finding the origins of the cognitive trick.
How do we define masculinity?
Two letters from our July edition.
From the Chief Executive, July 2019
Sarb Bajwa writes.
Questions we need to ask
Dr Sarah Ashworth on the latest care abuse scandal.
What are the unique skills?
Pam James on psychiatrists and psychologists.
Supporting new fathers
Jasmin Kaur Gill responds to the article by Viren Swami.
‘Your number one problem substance is alcohol’
Dr Michael Kelleher is a consultant addictions psychiatrist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust. He is the Clinical Lead for the Lambeth Addictions consortium, an innovative and effective collaboration between the NHS, Addaction, Phoenix, Blenheim and the local authority. James Morris spoke to him (with thanks to Claire Melia for transcribing and editing).
Finding moderation online
Emma L. Davies, Zarnie Khadjesari, Olga Perski and Claire Garnett on digital interventions to reduce alcohol consumption.
A threadbare patchwork of support
Will Haydock with a report from the bureaucratic frontline.
From trainee to trainer
Counselling psychologist Jasmine Childs-Fegredo on her journey. Who would she become?
They just need to care
The Year I Didn’t Eat by Samuel Pollen (ZunTold Books; £7.99).
The multiplicity of the self
'Stranger in the Mirror: The Scientific Search for the Self' by Robert V. Levine (Robinson; £14.99). Reviewed by Chris Fullwood, University of Wolverhampton.
How Freud hijacked the most heated debate of all time
'Introduction to Key Concepts and Evolutions in Psychoanalysis: From Freud to Neuroscience' by Alexis A. Johnson (Routledge; £32.99). Reviewed by Voula Tsoflias, chartered psychologist and novelist.
Sharing collective myths
'21 Lessons for the 21st Century' by Yuval Noah Harari (Jonathan Cape; £12.99). Reviewed by Chris Timms.
Brilliantly disturbing
Sally Marlow visits a Kate Cooper exhibition at the Hayward Gallery.
A lesser known history of psychedelics
Alina Ivan visits the 'Brilliant Visions – Art, Mescaline, Psychiatry' exhibition at the Museum of the Mind.
The rawness of pain and loss
Love and Angst runs at the British Museum until 21 July.
Authentic portrayals
Rosa Cheesman and Alicia Peel (King’s College London) tune in to the BBC series ‘Mental Health and Me’.
From the bomb to Apollo 13: Bowlby and the Cold War
How did child psychologists contribute to the Cold War discourse of ‘National Security’? Carolyn Laubender discusses the relationship between attachment theory and political anxieties about the protections offered by the nation state.
One on One... with Mike Eslea
We dip into the Society member database and pick… Mike Eslea, University of Central Lancashire. With online extras.
‘These are big, contentious conversations’
Nathan Filer's book on schizophrenia is out now. We asked him some questions and reproduce an extract from the book.
Stories needing to be told
Sally Marlow tunes in to Louis Theroux's 'Mothers on the Edge'.
Taking action on climate change and environmental degradation
Maya Gimalova and Martin Milton ask if psychologists are doing enough.
‘There’s an art to sport psychology, never a fixed answer'
Ian Florance interviewed Hannah Newman, whose PhD examines the ‘idea of female strength and power... by looking at female strength athletics or strongwoman events.’ Hannah’s combination of interests – including LGBT+ rights, what legal gender means in a demographically diverse society, the role of sports in society – touches on many current issues where psychologists may have a key role.
‘I wanted to write something that put the psychology at the heart of the drama’
Clinical Psychologist and novelist Bev Thomas has a new book out – ‘A Good Enough Mother’ – on Faber & Faber. Dr Josephine Perry (Chartered Psychologist with Performance in Mind) asks her some questions, and reviews the book.
Debunking the 'natural order of things'
Professor Gail Kinman (University of Bedfordshire) reports from a keynote by Professor Kate Pickett at the British Psychological Society's Annual Conference in Harrogate.
Towards justice with Team Science
Our editor Jon Sutton reports from a 'Hands across the waters' session at the British Psychological Society's Annual Conference.
A timely tool to understand mind manipulation
Gustav Kuhn and Matthew Tompkins on 'Smoke and mirrors: The psychology of magic', an exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London.