The Psychologist, December 2022

Our Editor, Jon Sutton, introduces December's issue of The Psychologist.

John Hall and David Pilgrim assess what more should have been done to prevent the scandal at Edenfield Medium Secure Unit in Manchester. 

Heidi Pickett calls for awareness and understanding.

Lucy Johnstone argues that we are now seeing another unhelpful trend; the apparent desire to acquire, if necessary though self-diagnosis on TikTok, a diagnostic label of some kind.

Shaween Amin on the challenges facing young players, ahead of the World Cup.

Siân Levell, Shannon Triffitt, and Megan Burkinshaw on current challenges around eating disorder services.

Holly Ellerton and Alice Gains, plus 377 signatories, call for change and support. With a British Psychological Society response.

A tribute from David Fryer.

Lewis McQueen looks at why a gap has emerged between dementia guidelines and practice on the ground, and asks what more should be done to care for the carers.

Reflections on the Aspiring Clinical Psychologists Access Scheme, from Assistant Psychologist Thomas Gourley.

A multi-disciplinary team from Newcastle University and the University of Dundee have launched the ‘Home Hack Toolkit’.

Dr Shunghu Hilda M’gadzah has said the UK government is not doing enough to educate people or to find out why these crimes are happening.

At a conference hosted by the British Psychological Society’s Expert Witness Advisory Group (EWAG) hundreds of delegates heard fascinating talks from a judge, and psychologists with years of experience working as expert witnesses. Ella Rhodes reports.

Rosie Stone, an apprentice psychological wellbeing practitioner with lived experience of trauma, has helped to develop an introductory training course in trauma-informed practice.

The BPS has strongly opposed The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) proposal to increase its registration fee by almost 20 per cent.

The BPS has announced it intends to establish a new Faculty of Primary Care.

Ella Rhodes reports on the latest 'I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here'.

The BPS History of Psychology Centre is appealing for donations of records relating to Black Psychology and Black Psychologists in the UK.

The British Psychological Society has warned of a potential mental health crisis this winter following the results of a YouGov survey the BPS commissioned.

A Clinical Lead for Psychological Professions has been appointed at NHS England to maximise the benefit of psychological professions for the public in England.

Researchers are making new discoveries about what makes a line funny, how humour affects us and what a person’s comic style can reveal about them.

We often hear of emerging ‘generations’, most recently the ‘Covid-19 Generation’. But are such labels helpful, or potentially damaging? Shaoni Bhattacharya delves into the debate.

Marie Houghton on why psychologists should think more about housing.

Laura Phillips-Farmer with a ‘pathways’ approach to homelessness and the meaning of home.

Editor Jon Sutton meets Dr Emily Turton, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, South London Partnership Complex Care Programme.

Sophie Randall on working in a Specialist Dementia Intervention Team.

Roberta Caiazza on a personal journey to equine therapy.

Dr Lawrence Howells, Clinical Psychologist and author of Understanding Your 7 Emotions, with an adapted chapter from the book.

Our editor Jon Sutton reviews ‘Love and Let Die: Bond, The Beatles and the British Psyche’, by John Higgs.

Jess Baker and Rod Vincent with tips taken from their new book, The Super-Helper Syndrome (Flint Books).

Barry Morgan reviews the book, 'Framers: Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil'.

Morris Nitsun, with insights from the border of art and psychotherapy, explored more in his book.

Marc Hye-Knudsen, Aarhus University, reviews two new dark comedy series that get the audience to root for and find humour in murder; 'Bad Sisters', and 'Am I Being Unreasonable?'.

Dr Jennifer O’Mahoney provides her views on Kathryn Ferguson’s film, 'Nothing Compares', which concentrates on Sinead O'Connor's life between 1987 and 1993.

Scott Cole explains how he created an appealing and stimulating programme for A-level and undergraduate psychology students through the medium of short films.

Riddhi Laijawala, King’s College London reviews a recent episode of Music Matters, a BBC Radio 3 Programme, that focused on the benefits of music on mental health.

New film 'The Banshees of Inisherin', reviewed by Catriona Shelly and Orla Muldoon.

As the Anna Freud Centre marks its 70th anniversary, Professor Nick Midgley reflects on the impact which her work had on the ways we think about and care for children.

We dipped into the Society member database and spoke with Dr Panagiotis Parpottas, Assistant Professor of Counselling Psychology, European University Cyprus in Nicosia, Cyprus.