The Psychologist, March 2019
Why do we need psychology? And what does psychology need?
Why do we need psychology? And what does psychology need?
Challenging the very core of psychology
Ella Rhodes reports on debate over Robert Plomin's book 'Blueprint'.
Stanley James Middleton (1937-2018)
An appreciation.
What you’re proposing and the status quo
Corinne Lowry writes.
Health and habits
Madelynne Arden writes.
The slow creep towards privatisation
Lisa Topping writes.
‘There is nothing I’d rather be doing than fighting the corner for people with psychosis’
Dr Emmanuelle Peters is director of the Psychology Interventions Clinic for Outpatients with Psychosis (PICuP) at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and a Reader in the Psychology Department of the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience. She is a winner of the BPS Professional Practice Board’s Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in Practice. Jon Sutton poses the questions.
Featured job: Educational Psychologist
Employer: National Autistic Society, Church Lawton School
From the Chief Executive, March 2019
Sarb Bajwa writes.
Leaping into another’s shoes
The debate on men in the profession continues.
Why did relations go Pear-shaped?
A response to our May 2017 'Looking Back'.
A role for psychologists on prescription?
Dr Rebecca Courtney-Walker, Chair of the British Psychological Society's Prescribing Rights Task & Finish Group.
Obesity Special Interest Group
Ella Rhodes on a British Psychological Society call for a national voice in the debate.
Cancer screening award
…for Dr Katie Robb.
Therapists want guidance on prescription psychiatric drugs, survey confirms
Ella Rhodes on a survey led by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Prescribed Drug Dependence.
Seeds of defiance
'I Object - Ian Hislop's search for dissent', an exhibition at the British Museum, visited by Ciara Wild.
The trauma is evident
'Three Identical Strangers', directed by Tim Wardle, reviewed by Wendy Lloyd.
The vision to brighten spaces
Ella Rhodes on the ‘Hospital Rooms’ art project.
Practice guidelines and masculinity
Ella Rhodes reports on American Psychological Association guidelines.
Children’s friendships
Elian Fink and Claire Hughes review the evidence.
Embrace the unknown
Chris Ferguson washes his hands of ‘science laundering’: cleaning up messy data for public consumption.
Mass observation – ‘the science of ourselves’
Graham M. Davies and Alan Costall on a forgotten precursor of today’s applied psychology.
One on one… with Alma Au
We dip into the Society member database and pick out… Alma Au, Associate Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Why do we need psychology? And what does psychology need?
The winning entries in our first 'Voices In Psychology' programme.
‘Connection with another human being is at the heart of the job’
Trevor Powell, winner of the Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award 2017, recalls his journey in a changing landscape.
‘Educational psychologists need to be real change agents’
Dr Juliet Whitehead is Assistant Principal Educational Psychologist in Coventry and Chair of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Educational and Child Psychology (DECP). As told to Ian Florance.
‘The psychological will always be there… it’s like my skeleton’
Hussain Manawer is a poet, and Honorary Fellow of King’s College London for his work in mental health. Debbie Gordon (Assistant to the Managing Editor) went along to meet him.
A tyranny of its own?
Dr Stephen Blumenthal on the American Psychological Association Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Boys and Men.
Bandersnatch and Bird Box
Madeleine Pownall tunes into the latest offerings causing a stir on Netflix.
Shining a light on the dark side
Adrian Furnham on the importance of personality at work, and how to select the right stuff.