The Psychologist, May 2020

Jon Sutton introduces the issue.

The latest from Sarb Bajwa.

Ella Rhodes reports.

As cases of COVID-19 escalate exponentially, the British Psychological Society and psychologists from across the globe are working to combat the pandemic and manage its implications for everyday life.

Ian Florance interviews Alison Clarke who, among many other roles, is Chair of the British Psychological Society’s Practice Board.

Jack Chalkley revisits what Monte Shapiro offers clinicians who doubt whether their assessments capture what is personal and vital in their patients’ distress.

Hampshire Stalking Intervention Service.

Psychologists are being forced to respond to the pandemic in many ways - labs have been shut and experiments have suddenly been put on hold.

Sue Holttum on bringing lived experience and applied psychology to art therapy.

Annie Brookman-Byrne asked Caspar Addyman about his new book, The laughing baby: The extraordinary science behind what makes babies happy.

Dave Neale on a growing yet under-explored area.

'Little White Lies' by Philippa East (Harper Collins), reviewed by April Mangion.

'White Fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism' by Robin DiAngelo (Beacon Press), reviewed by Corinne Gurvitz.

Emily Hutchinson reflects on her work improving safety in organisations, and reviews two relevant books.

Nejra Van Zalk and Claire P. Monks preview their book 'Online Peer Engagement in Adolescence', published by Routledge this month .

Tim Anstiss, Jonathan Passmore and Paul Gilbert.

Elian Fink and Jenny Gibson on the importance of play in early childhood.

Freya McCaie listens in to On Being.

We dip into the Society member database and pick out… Dr Edward Ong, Associate Lecturer at Coventry University.

Annie Brookman-Byrne watches the play Run Sister Run.

Isobel Todd watches In Loco Parentis, Vincent Dance Theatre, at the Connaught Theatre, Worthing.

Agrippina, an opera by Handel, was broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera on 29 February. Terri Apter (University of Cambridge) considers what the character of this tiger mother tells us about mothers and their sons.

Dr Richard G. Ford is a corporate psychologist specialising in leadership coaching and senior executive assessments, and his book on ‘How Leadership Reputations are Won and Lost’ is out now (Libri Publishing). This book gets to grips with how and why careers are successful, falter or plateau; how our reputation is formed in the real world, and what makes the difference between winning and losing a reputation; and how to take control to manage and develop your reputation and build a personal brand.

Zoe Sanderson (University of Bristol) meets Professor Frederik Anseel, current President of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, who will hold their biennial conference in Glasgow in 2021.

Robert MacRory-Crowley and Kevin O’Malley on ‘heroism science’, ahead of its third biennial conference at the University of Limerick.