The Psychologist, May 2019
How do we ‘other’?
How do we ‘other’?
‘By speaking I can help people realise they are not alone’
We speak to Dame Kelly Holmes and Dr Crepaz-Keay about a new audio series, 'What Do I Do? Mental Health and Me'.
Uncanny and unsettling
Us, directed by Jordan Peele, reviewed by Kate Johnstone.
Diving deep into the emotional underworld
The believers are but brothers, BBC4, reviewed by Monica Lloyd.
Featured Job: Head of Psychological Wellbeing Service
Employer: Help for Heroes
Reviewing UK hate crime laws
Natasha White writes.
Research in Worktown is alive and well
Sandie McHugh and colleagues follow up a 'Looking Back' from the March edition.
From the Chief Executive, May 2019
The latest from Sarb Bajwa.
Fighting the stigma of Borderline Personality Disorder
From Lydia Parkhill.
Ending benefit sanctions for all?
Does a recent BPS statement go far enough?
Digital technologies in the NHS – a psychological future
Michael Berger sums up the Topol Review - what’s going on, what’s on the horizon and why it is important. [Note: This is an expanded version of a letter which appears in the May edition]
‘We can be the nation that discovers the cure’
Steve Reicher, Alex Haslam and Jay Van Bavel on the Christchurch massacre and toxic leadership.
The oceanic feeling
Ewan Morrison’s novel Nina X is about a woman who was born and raised in a cult. We asked him about the links between mental health and his art. Includes extract.
A blind spot for psychology?
'Our psychiatric future: The politics of mental health' by Nikolas Rose (Polity Press; £17.99); reviewed by Richard Hallam.
Useful and useable
Powering Up Children: The Learning Power Approach to Primary Teaching by Guy Claxton & Becky Carlzon (Crown House Publishing; £16.99); reviewed by Marc Smith.
A radical rethink
'Bodies and Other Objects: The Sensorimotor Foundations of Cognition' by Rob Ellis (Cambridge University Press; £85); reviewed by Tom Dickins.
Resources for hope in the distressed city
'Distress in the City: Racism, fundamentalism and a democratic education' by Linden West (Trentham Books; £24.99); reviewed by Mark H. Burton.
How can we embed psychology in public policy?
We hear from members of the British Psychological Society’s Policy Team…
The will of war
David Lewis-Hodgson on how both sides in World War I sought to explain and ‘treat’ its trauma.
One on one... with Peter Cummins
Consultant Clinical Psychologist/Psychotherapist, transitioning into retirement.
‘We are not at a place of full acceptance or equality for trans people yet’
We hear from Robin Dundas, 2018 winner of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Counselling Psychology annual award for carer and service user involvement.
The nuts and bolts of research
Ella Rhodes reports from the British Psychological Society's Research Day.
Wellcome new appointment
Miranda Wolpert is the new Head of the Trust's mental health priority area.
Treat people with dignity and humanity
Call for the removal of benefit sanctions for people with mental health difficulties.
Plans confirmed to fund training for educational psychologists
Ella Rhodes reports.
Award-winning contributions
Ella Rhodes on the latest round of British Psychological Society recognition.
‘We need to change the conversation’
Ian Florance meets forensic psychologist Terri van Leeson.
How do we ‘other’?
Peter Hegarty on asymmetries of reasoning for lay and professional psychologists alike.
‘We should just be told to try our best’
Laura Nicholson and Dave Putwain provide an overview of exam anxiety, its effects and what psychologists can do to help reduce it.
A message of hope and resilience
Clare Jones and Alan Barrett on the development of the Manchester Resilience Hub in response to the May 2017 bombing.
Art, autism and identities
Sally Marlow on 'Changing the Face of Autism Research Together'.
Secret lives, myth, fake news and more at Hay
Ella Rhodes has a look at the programme for the Hay Festival, which runs from Thursday 23 May to Sunday 2 June.
Down to the pit of the stomach
Rory O'Connor watches The Son at the Kiln Theatre in London.
Paris in the the spring
Our editor Jon Sutton with a snapshot from the third International Convention of Psychological Science, organised by the Association for Psychological Science.
‘An ecological approach to resilience is essential’
Louise Roper hears from her University of Liverpool colleague Kate Bennett, about widowhood, resilience, and an upcoming gerontology conference.
Dads get sad, too
Viren Swami withdrew from his newborn son. Here, he considers the lack of research and support around postnatal depression in fathers.