The Psychologist, July/August 2023
Psychology: Uniting communities for a sustainable world. We preview the European Congress of Psychology.
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Psychology: Uniting communities for a sustainable world. We preview the European Congress of Psychology.
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Editorial, July/August 2023
Jon Sutton introduces the issue.
‘Use your voice to tell your MP how vital NHS Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hubs are’
The BPS has found up to 13 hubs have already closed, with many more set to close in the coming months as hub staff try to secure alternative funding.
From the President, July/August 2023
From Nicky Hayes, President of the British Psychological Society.
In brief from the BPS, July/August 2023
Updates from the BPS.
Towards a ‘liveable future’ with Psychology
Dr Mhairi Bowe (Heriot-Watt University, Chair of the British Psychological Society’s Social Psychology Section) and Dr Sara Vestergen (Keele University, Chair Elect of the BPS Social Psychology Section) discuss establishing the priorities for psychology through cross-network engagement.
Who do we seek to change, how, and will it last?
Editor Jon Sutton reports from the first day of the Division of Health Psychology’s Annual Conference in Sheffield.
‘The world needs health psychologists’
Editor Jon Sutton meets Professor Aimee Aubeeluck, Chair of the Division of Health Psychology, at their Annual Conference.
‘If there was tech that could speed up my job, I would always embrace that’
Dr Penny Trayner – Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the BPS and paediatric clinical neuropsychologist specialising in brain injury rehabilitation – has been named as one of 50 ‘Women in Innovation’ by the UK government. Ella Rhodes asked her about her career and her work developing the Goal Manager tool.
‘I didn’t think we could change anything… But we stopped them, we saved the forest’
Emma Young digests the research on collective action.
Ghosts and gaps: Supernatural beliefs fill similar unknowns across cultures
New study investigates the type of events attributed to supernatural forces by cultures around the world.
Sound and sensation may be universally linked
Maps of bodily sensations when listening to music suggest humans from across cultures respond to specific grooves similarly.
Psychology – finding answers for our times
Christoph Steinebach, President of the European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations, on strategies for sustainable change.
The social psychological implications of our hybrid future
Nicky Hayes, British Psychological Society President, will deliver an invited address at the European Congress of Psychology.
‘Be self-protective about media exposure to tragedy’
Our editor Jon Sutton meets Dr Roxane Cohen Silver (University of California, Irvine), keynote speaker at the European Congress of Psychology.
Coping with change: identity, threat and risk
Rusi Jaspal (University of Brighton) on his keynote at the European Congress of Psychology.
‘It’s as if the social fabric is torn apart by inequality’
Professor of Epidemiology Kate Pickett, author of The Spirit Level and The Inner Level along with co-author Richard Wilkinson, will be delivering a keynote address at this year’s European Congress of Psychology on the impact of income inequality on mental health. Ella Rhodes asked her about her talk, the state of inequality globally, and ways to tackle it.
Dementia: it takes a village
Do poverty and inequality explain the increased risk in Indonesia? Eef Hogervorst has been working in communities to investigate.
‘Let’s raise this flame of great things that can be built’
We hear from Tiago Pereira, Executive Board Member of Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses [Portuguese Psychologists Association], and a keynote speaker at the European Congress of Psychology.
Contested meanings and uses of hate speech
Inari Sakki previews her European Congress of Psychology keynote.
‘A psychologist can now serve the entire world’
Ella Rhodes meets ECP keynote Serdar M. Değirmencioğlu, Visiting Scholar, Goethe University Frankfurt a.M.
Featured job: Director of Psychological Services
We heard from Kenneth MacMahon, Leigh Whitnall and Kenny Day (the Heads of Specialities in Ayrshire and Arran Psychological Services) about the role.
‘Frog and Toad reveal some profound truths about what it means for all of us to be together in the world’
Professor Robin Banerjee told us about the books that informed, delighted and inspired him.
‘Perhaps parenting is about accepting the mayhem’
Dr Emma Svanberg, author of 'Parenting for Humans', questions whether parenting quick fixes cause more harm than good; plus a review from Caroline Boyd.
Michael Rosen as a bibliotherapist
Dr Jo Kirk reviews the book 'Getting Better: Life lessons on going under, getting over it, and getting through it' (Ebury Press) by Michael Rosen.
Music and magic between the ears
Professor Sally Marlow, Researcher in Residence at BBC Radio 3, on the meaningful sound of mental illness evoked by personal stories, in a new programme 'Scoring mental health'.
Chimp (please can we call it something other than) Empire
Kirsty Graham reviews the Netflix show, Chimp Empire.
Inside outsider art
The in2gr8mentalhealth CIC and Inside Outsider Art Exhibition.
Confronting eugenics
Curator Professor Marius Turda (Oxford Brookes University) with panels from a travelling exhibition, ‘We are not alone: Legacies of eugenics’.
What is inside the treatment?
Ioana A. Cristea, keynote speaker at the European Congress of Psychology.
A manifesto for successful ageing
Victoria Tischler on the need for a Commissioner for Older people and Ageing in England.
Critical incidents in school communities
Dr Matt Beeke and David Trickey.
Professor Douglas Paton 1955- 2023
A tribute from Rosalyn Shute.
Be careful what you wish for
J Michael Innes writes in.
The end of ‘therapy’ as we know it?
Richard Hallam writes in.
‘The EuroPsy enables us to have a common language’
We hear from Rosaleen McElvaney (Dublin City University) – Chair of the European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations EuroPsy European Awarding Committee.
How can we make Psychology lectures better?
How could Psychology lectures become more effective in the 2023-2024 academic year? We asked on Twitter…