The Psychologist, June 2021

Dr Jon Sutton introduces the issue.

Tom Loncar examines power posing’s 10-year journey to date, and the challenges that still remain.

Elysium Healthcare.

Jack Hughes on a new group to help promote environmentally conscious practices.

Dr Ruth Sims responds.

Louise Goddard-Crawley writes.

The current special group chair writes on the vote to form a Division.

From Professor Carol McGuinness as Interim Chair of the Board of Trustees.

A letter from Isabel Clarke.

A response to Frederic Stansfield's recent letter.

Jasmine Kieft on becoming emotionally resilient in a time of climate crisis.

Ella Rhodes reports.

Ella Rhodes reports on Ethics Committee developments.

Ella Rhodes reports

Society directory launched.

The BPS has been looking into ways to support the recognition of wider psychological professions. Ella Rhodes reports.

Ella Rhodes reports on the Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research winner.

Professor Niamh Stack appointed.

Ella Rhodes reports on a Society statement.

Ella Rhodes reports.

Ella Rhodes hears from speakers for the forthcoming BPS Conference 2021.

'The legacy of racism for children: Psychology, law, and public policy' (Oxford University Press), Edited by Margaret C. Stevenson, Bette L. Bottoms & Kelly C. Burke; reviewed by Philip Miti.

Dr Elin Kelsey introduces some key arguments from her new book.

We hear from psychologist Kimberley Wilson about her radio programme / podcast with Dr Xand van Tulleken.

Home: Part One, a response to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes (January 2021) produced by the Abbey Theatre, Ireland (March 2021). Reviewed by Jennifer O'Mahoney and Kate McCarthy.

Can’t Get You Out of My Head, directed by Adam Curtis.

Dr Katy Smart on a community initiative to help protect our long-term mental health.

Safe and Sound (HQ/HarperCollins; £7.99) by Philippa East, reviewed by April Mangion.

Anne McNaught, a graduate member of the British Psychological Society and a radio/audio producer with many years at the BBC, shares a new way to explore the inner workings of your brain…

Leading experts appeal for an understanding of childhood traumatic bereavement during and beyond the pandemic.

An extract from a chapter by Sebastian Groes and Tom Mercer in ‘Smell, Memory, and Literature in the Black Country’, edited by Sebastian Groes and R.M. Francis (Palgrave Macmillan) £14.99.

Ella Rhodes spoke to three psychologists working to understand and prevent suicide…

Professor Rory O’Connor is Director of the Suicidal Behaviour Research lab at the University of Glasgow, and President of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (the first person from the UK in almost 50 years). Our editor Jon Sutton caught up with him.

Richard Brown looks to lessons from the history of open science in order to move beyond ideals and technology.

Louise Foster has a conversation with her mother about Multiple Sclerosis.

Mark Fox has had a long and distinguished career as an educational psychologist. Ian Florance met him.

We dip into the society member database and pick out Dr Ameera Zumla, Clinical Psychologist at Spire Leicester Hospital.

Sophy Irwin works for NIACRO in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to reduce crime and its impact on people and communities. Here, she talks about a project called Get Real, which is supported by the European Union’s PEACE IV Programme and managed by the Special EU Programme Body. Get Real works with the six strands of hate crime that are recognised in Northern Ireland – racism, faith and religion, homophobia, transphobia, disability, and sectarianism.

‘The Strengths-Based Organization: How to boost inclusivity, wellbeing and performance’ by Emily Hutchinson and Caroline Brown is published by Practical Inspiration Publishing. Deputy Editor Annie Brookman-Byrne asked Emily, who is also our Associate Editor for Books, about the book.

Jo Atkinson is a clinical psychologist, who works with people who have experienced life-changing brain conditions, and is also a deaf person who has lost most of her sight. Here, she reviews new film Sound of Metal.

It seemed Myanmar was inching towards a more democratic regime, but since February the military junta has cracked down again on protestors. In this article Chris Mabey seeks to understand the situation and discern some signs of hope for this war-torn land.

'The Science of Hate: How prejudice becomes hate and what we can do to stop it' by Matthew Williams, (Faber & Faber; £14.99), reviewed by Dr Siân E. Jones.

An extract from 'The No-Nonsense Meditation Book: A Scientist’s Guide to the Power of Meditation', by Steven Laureys MD.

Neuralink Monkey MindPong, deconstructed. Jon Sutton reports.

An extract from ‘Models of the Mind: How Physics, Engineering and Mathematics Have Shaped Our Understanding of the Brain’ by Grace Lindsay, with kind permission from the publisher Bloomsbury Sigma.

A tribute from Dr Rachel Shaw and Professor Richard Tunney (Aston University).