The Psychologist, October 2023

From the editor, Dr Jon Sutton.

Linda Kaye, from the British Psychological Society’s Cyberpsychology Section, on her own social media use, around new guidelines.

Professor Allan Laville, Professor Sarah Stevenage, Dr Kimberley Hill, Dr Peter Leadbetter and Dr Paul Joseph-Richard are among the winners of this year's awards.

The rise in ADHD diagnoses, using TikTok videos to self-diagnose, and questionable practices of private clinics revealed by BBC Panorama have all hit the headlines in recent months. Ella Rhodes spoke to psychologists about whether this is a cause for concern, or whether raising awareness of an under-diagnosed condition is a good thing.

Ella Rhodes spoke to Kate Pearlman-Shaw, the Managing Director of Pearlman-Shaw Consultancy and Chartered Psychologist in the fields of Clinical and Coaching, who is hosting a BPS Webinar on task and time management in January.

Dr Liam Satchell, Dr Amy Warhurst, Dr Kirsty Ross and Charlotte Briton developed the Young Researcher Programme (YRP) as an outreach activity for A-level psychology students.

Dr Dean Burnett reports from Wonderland, 'the world's leading psychedelic event'.

Jack Versace, a Psychology student at King’s College London, hears from psychiatrist Dr James Rucker about horizons in psychedelic science.

New analysis shows that after the alarm was raised on the replication crisis in psychology, research into how clothes make us feel, think, and act has improved substantially.

New research from Israel finds sellers are more likely to offer their best deals to those that share the first letter of their name.

Recent research from the University of Aberdeen finds evidence that the stresses of post-2019 life significantly warped our sense of time.

New study takes a look at the recent trend of manifestation, finding that manifesters are at increased risk of negative outcomes.

The head of a national study to track babies born at the dawn of this millennium, Professor Emla Fitzsimons, talks to Shaoni Bhattacharya about how this generation is faring.

What do we know – and not know – about content moderation and its impact on those who do it? Ruth Spence, Jeffrey DeMarco and Elena Martellozzo investigate.

Emily Nordmann on how her thinking and research on this has progressed.

As higher education adapts to the rapid growth in online learning, work at the Open University is exploring emotional resilience as a skill for learning. Ruth Wall explains.

Ashley Cave is a psychology graduate and works part-time as a Mental Health Advisor at the University of Sunderland and part-time as an Academic Tutor at Newcastle University.

Fauzia Khan meets Clinical Psychologist Dr Tarek Younis.

Dr Emma Donaldson-Feilder explains how bringing relationship and mindfulness together turbo-charges each of these elements, offering new perspectives.

Pirashanthie Vivekananda-Schmidt is an Occupational Psychologist, Professor of Medical Education and Deputy Director Education in the Faculty of Health of the University of Sheffield. Ian Florance started by asking about the relatively new publication Occupational Psychology Outlook, of which she is the psychology editor, before seeing how this role fits closely her own career interests.

We hear from Debra Longsdale.

We hear from Sharon Ackers.

Dr Paul Ibbotson tells Shaoni Bhattacharya about the linguistic superpowers of the average five-year-old, and what AI can learn from them.

Professor Diana Harcourt reviews a book by Jono Lancaster.

Tom Dickins reviews 'Scientific Papers Made Easy: How to Write with Clarity and Impact in the Life Sciences'.

Joanna Griffin watches Best Interests on BBC One.

Chrissie Fitch (Associate Editor for Culture), asks actor Peter Smith (they/she) about their work.

Dr Aspasia E. Paltoglou reviews the exhibition 'The Multilingual Museum', at the Manchester Museum.

Dr Louise Edgington reviews the film My Extinction by Josh Appignanesi.

Ashleigh Johnstone watches 'Mark Cavendish: Never Enough' on Netflix.

Ana Iosifescu got in touch, and prompted us to ask you: Did you give much thought to what you'd do after you completed your studies in Psychology?

JPA Baird responds to The Psychologist article, 'Endings in therapeutic relationships'.

Chris Brewin highlights a report on the intersection between law and memory.

John Stephens responds to Chris Bagley’s article in The Psychologist, ‘We don’t exist without each other’.

Jennifer Poole looks to repair the Cartesian divide in mental health care, including through the Division of Clinical Psychology’s Faculty of Holistic Psychology.

Holly Rose Welsby with an insider’s view on psychological services.

Amy Somerton and Holly Jeffrey – Assistant Psychologists with the Humber and North Yorkshire Resilience Hub – look to continue psychological care beyond the pandemic.

A tribute from his son Philip.

A tribute from Brian Turton.

A tribute from Dawn Fisher, Sarah Warren and Pauline Oliver.

A tribute.

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