The Psychologist, March 2024

From the deputy editor, Jennifer Gledhill.

Winners of the 2023 British Psychological Society Book Award.

The British Psychological Society unveils its new strategy…

From a career start as a hairdresser to an MBE in the 2024 New Year Honours List.

The new report uses knowledge gained from 40 wellbeing hubs to inform key principles for future staff mental health and wellbeing support in the NHS.

Rachel Sangster highlights some initiatives the BPS is undertaking to improve diversity in psychology.

The BPS History of Psychology Centre will be creating a resource that explores the history and wider social implications of IQ testing.

Mary McMurran, a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, looks to 'stimulate researchers to focus on a significant aspect of working with people who have offended'.

Dr Andy Tyerman, Honorary Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, with advice and resources.

The editors of the British Psychological Society’s Faculty for People with Intellectual Disabilities Bulletin have been involving people with lived experience in the review process.

Emma Young digests the research on what to do about it.

New research suggests participants are more willing to obey toxic instructions from teams they see as performing ‘hard’ science.

A new study from Singapore sheds light on the role of humour in established romance.

Time spent looking at an object feels shorter if we see someone else look at it first, according to new research.

Dr Jasmine Khouja, Senior Research Associate in the Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group at the University of Bristol.

Oliver Seligman on how his therapist’s approach helped him turn a corner; with Tone Fagerli’s response.

Deputy Editor Jennifer Gledhill hears from Dr Fiona Duffy.

Our editor Jon Sutton meets Professor Kate Tchanturia.

Our editor Jon Sutton meets author Catherine Webb, who also writes fantasy novels for adults under the name Kate Griffin, and science fiction as Claire North.

Our editor Jon Sutton meets Oliver Burkeman, author of 'Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals'.

Our editor Jon Sutton meets Chris Moulin, professor at the Laboratoire de Psychologie et NeuroCognition (LPNC UMR 5105), Université Grenoble Alpes.

Editor Jon Sutton meets science fiction writer, and psychology graduate, Adrian Tchaikovsky.

Richard Fisher is the author of ‘The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time’. Alina Ivan asks him about that psychological relationship.

We hear from Karen Howell, Clinical Director-Psychology Projects.

Ian Florance interviews Dr Esther Cole.

Dr Patapia Tzotzoli on the inspirations and obstacles she faced when she started her mental health triage service.

Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Tali Sharot, tells Deputy Editor Jennifer Gledhill why our extraordinary ability to habituate needs to come with a health warning…

Jennifer Gledhill reviews the book, What Does Eating Disorder Recovery Look Like?, by Lucia Giombini & Sophie Nesbitt.

An exclusive extract from 'The Four Realms of Existence: A New Theory of Being Human', by Joseph LeDoux.

Stephen Lea (Emeritus Professor at the University of Exeter) asks Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris about their new book, ‘Nobody’s Fool: Why We Get Taken In And What We Can Do About It’.

Dr Hugh Lawson-Tancred, an Associate Research Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at Birkbeck University of London, questions the authors of ‘How the Brain Works: What Psychology Students Need to Know’, his colleagues Michael Thomas and Simon Green.

Dr Jo Daniels reviews the Fortitude exhibition at the Royal College of Physicians, London.

Our editor Jon Sutton visits ‘Turn it up: The power of music’, an exhibition at the Science Museum in London.

Dani Olliffe reviews Sunset Boulevard in London, a theatrical adaptation of the 1950s Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical of the same name.

Blanca Piera Pi-Sunyer, a PhD student at the University of Cambridge, visits 'Real Families: Stories of Change' at the Fitzwilliam Museum.

Dani Harris with an evidence-based tribute to the actress, broadcaster and writer.

Lara Zibarras reviews 'Everything Now' (2023) on Netflix UK.

Aspasia Paltoglou listens to Nicola Fox, Head of Science at NASA, on Desert Island Discs; and ponders sci comms more broadly.

Matthew Furnell with a history of mindfulness-based interventions.

Dr Stuart Gore writes.

A letter from J.M. Innes.

Dr Melanie Forster is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years of experience in CAMHS. She has an academic post at the University of York’s Psychology Department. Anya Greenhalgh, a MSc student on a placement with The Psychologist, met her.

Fauzia Khan interviews Dr Lelanie Smook, Consultant Counselling Psychologist at Powys Teaching Health Board, and Founder of the ‘Pathways to Psychology’ Blog.

Dr Paul Joseph-Richard is a Chartered Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Ulster University Business School. We asked him about his recent National Teaching Fellowship award and more.

A tribute from Patrick Smith and Michael Berger.

A tribute to the British Psychological Society Fellow from Professor Clare Anderson.

A tribute to the British Psychological Society Lifetime Achievement Award winner.

A tribute to the Chartered Psychologist and Fellow of the British Psychological Society.

A tribute.

Dr Scott Cole (School of Education, Language and Psychology, York St John University) on his research sabbatical.

Dawn Clayton Smith with four deep truths about the brain, and their implications.

Michael Eisen writes.

Ron Roberts writes.

Bruno DeOliveira asks if the positive industry is actually undermining our wellbeing.

Looking back at the March 1988 issue of The Psychologist...