The Psychologist, September 2020
Standing against racism
Standing against racism
Musings on music
Emma Young digests the research.
Turning reflection into meaningful action
Maia Thornton, Mary Keeling and Christine Ramsey-Wade on racism.
A nuanced story of liberation and equality
Madeleine Pownall watches the miniseries Mrs. America on BBC2.
Digital behaviour in a social context
Dr Linda K. Kaye reviews 'Digital Detox: The Politics of Disconnecting' by Trine Syvertsen.
Accepting the raw elements of living
Charlotte Beames reviews 'Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction' by Judith Grisel.
‘Systematic disadvantage can accumulate, and prevent access to the profession’
Ella Rhodes reports on changes to clinical psychology training.
Five minutes with… Dr Rose Stewart
Living with diabetes can lead to a multitude of psychological challenges – Dr Rose Stewart, Principal Clinical Psychologist for Wrexham Young Adult Diabetes Service, told Ella Rhodes her expertise in this under-represented area was of particular importance in times of Covid-19.
From tots to teens – psychology and the school return
Ella Rhodes reports.
Editorial, September 2020
Jon Sutton introduces the September issue.
‘Change needs to happen on a real systemic level’
Dr Tosin Bowen-Wright (Clinical Psychologist and a manager within the Camden CAMHS service) in conversation with Paul Jenkins (Chief Executive of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust).
Really 'doing better' on racism
Craig A. Harper and Harry Purser argue that institutional virtue-signalling on racial inequality is not good enough, and suggest alternatives.
‘We need to broaden the conversation to institutional bias’
We hear from Nasreen Fazal-Short, Chair of the British Psychological Society’s Diversity and Inclusion Taskforce; and from Sarb Bajwa, Chief Executive.
What Improv, Ubuntu, and Covid-19 have taught me about leadership
David Murphy, British Psychological Society President 2019-2020, gave his Presidential Address at the online conference.
A more fluid approach to drinking
Young adults are consuming less alcohol than previous generations. Dominic Conroy and Fiona Measham look to understand changing ‘styles’.
Lighting the fires of curiosity
Ian Florance meets Rob Hutton, who is involved in the British Psychological Society’s Psychological Government Programme. They also discuss, among other things, the overlapping applications of human factors/ergonomics and psychology.
Naming the poison
Sasha Priddy and James Randall respond to our June cover feature; plus additional letters from Stephen Munt, and Ian Parker.
The aftermath of the Hans Asperger exposé
Rabbi David Ariel Sher on implications for psychologists.
One on one... Maria Qureshi
We dip into the Society member database and pick… Maria Qureshi, who is a Clinical Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire Doctorate in Clinical Psych programme and Clinical Psychologist in West London NHS Trust.
Tackling gender imbalance in psychology
Judith Johnson, Anna Madill, Gina Z. Koutsopoulou, Charity Brown and Richard Harris.
'Join us on our journey to find the next generation of treatments and approaches'
Wellcome Photography Prize shortlist announced.
Inside a dehumanising, emotionally destructive job on death row
Wendy Lloyd watches drama film Clemency on Curzon Home Cinema.
Coercion or Constructive Force?
Chrissie Fitch watches BBC dark comedy drama, I May Destroy You (2020), by Michaela Coel, creator and main protagonist of the show – this review includes spoilers!
‘The heat and light that draws us together’
On 30 June and 1 July, when the British Psychological Society’s 2020 Conference should have been held in Leeds, hundreds of delegates convened instead online. Here, we introduce links to all our coverage.
Professor David Legge 1936-2020
A tribute to the former British Psychological Society President and Head of Office.
'We need each other'
In her first address as BPS President Occupational Psychologist Dr Hazel McLaughlin outlined her vision for her presidential year as the Society, and the world, grapples with change. Ella Rhodes reports.
Covid-19 and the media
Our journalist Ella Rhodes reports from a panel discussion at the British Psychological Society's online annual conference.
The unique life history of humans
Deputy Editor Annie Brookman-Byrne reports from Professor Alison Gopnik’s keynote at the British Psychological Society's online 2020 Conference.
‘The more who die, the less we care’
Our editor Jon Sutton on Professor Paul Slovic’s keynote at the British Psychological Society’s online conference.
Towards a mental health super science
Deputy Editor Annie Brookman-Byrne reports from Professor Miranda Wolpert MBE’s keynote at the British Psychological Society's online 2020 Conference.
We are dynamite
Our editor Jon Sutton reports from Professor Stephen Reicher's opening keynote at the British Psychological Society's online 2020 Conference.
Dr Philip Henshaw 1964-2020
A tribute to the Consultant Clinical Psychologist.
Standing against racism
We collate letters in response to the killing of George Floyd. From the British Psychological Society's Division of Counselling Psychology Black and Asian Counselling Psychologists' Group; Anonymous; Halina Bryan; Khadj Rouf; Vaughan Bell; Rosabel Ng; and Shameema Yousuf.
Dr Ruth Mann 1965-2020
A tribute from Fiona Williams and Rosie Travers.
Rethinking the public health approach to obesity
Joanne A. Rathbone, Jolanda Jetten, Fiona Kate Barlow, and Jasmine Russell challenge the assumptions of anti-obesity campaigns.
‘Many of us are not optimally using our concentration span’
Deputy Editor Annie Brookman-Byrne asked Professor Stefan Van der Stigchel about his new book 'Concentration: Staying Focused in Times of Distraction' (MIT Press).
Veterans, horses and the rediscovery of ‘with’
Adrian Needs considers the processes at play in equine-assisted learning with members of the armed forces.