The Psychologist, January/February 2025
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Five years on from the start of the pandemic, we hear from Psychologists who supported and researched the response.
Editorial, January/February 2025
Our Editor, Jon Sutton, introduces the January/February 2025 issue of The Psychologist.
Fulfilling careers on show
Ella Rhodes reports from the British Psychological Society’s Careers Festival.
In brief from the BPS, January/February 2025
News and updates from the BPS.
Towards ‘proper psychological support’ for jurors
The BPS welcomes a government trial of mental health support for jurors, that allows them access a 24/7 support helpline and more.
New report advises mental health support for 'incels'
Emily Reynolds reports.
‘Psychologists could provide a space for those conversations’
Ella Rhodes speaks with Psychologists around Assisted Dying in the UK.
Shifting the dial on Long Covid
Emma Barratt with a personal and research-based tour.
The older we get, the later we think ‘old age’ starts
Shifting ideas about what it means to be old, as well as our own situations, are leading us to postpone what we think of as ‘old age’.
When mindfulness falters, hope may help
Recent research finds that hope, but not mindfulness, was linked with resilience and wellbeing for artistic workers during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Fast, good, cheap… pick any two
Marcus Munafò on rapid change brought about by the pandemic.
Covid – the stories, the scars and the healing
Ella Rhodes speaks to psychologists about their work during the pandemic and the lasting effects that remain.
Covid – 'behaviour matters, Psychology matters'
Psychologists addressed the British Psychological Society's Senate on lessons learned, and what is needed now.
‘We heard from real people being affected in ordinary lives’
Our editor Jon Sutton meets Dr Kim Dienes and Dr Simon Williams (Swansea University), from the Public Views of Covid Project.
Covid-19 – five lessons, five years on
Richard Bentall with advice for psychologists drawn from the work of the Covid-19 Psychological Research Consortium.
How do you change the behaviour of the world?
Psychology found its way into Covid policy in several ways. But did it work? Jack Andrews looked at the research…
Acting responsibly: from Covid to the climate and ecological crisis
Roger Paxton and Maeve McKeown look for learning and action points.
‘Covid forced us to confront overlooked vulnerabilities’
Dr Jolel Miah is a Health Psychologist and member of the British Psychological Society’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Board.
A hidden crisis: Women’s mental health after the pandemic
Sergio A. Silverio on an increased burden during Covid, and the assumptions which could stand in the way of recovery and growth.
‘Covid has become the unmentionable… and yet Long Covid is having a life-changing impact’
Sarah Keith and Lucy Gahan look at a growing body of evidence around Long Covid, and what Psychologists can do.
What will you be reading in 2025?
Looking for some literary psychological inspiration? We asked on Bluesky, X, LinkedIn and Member Connect.
‘The taste of a different life has helped workers re-value their goals’
Our editor Dr Jon Sutton fires the questions at Professor Paula Brough and Professor Gail Kinman, editors of 'Wellbeing at Work in a Turbulent Era'.
Being a trainee in a time of change
Dr Simone Stedmon is a Clinical Psychologist with the Health Inclusion Pathway, Plymouth. This piece and poem was her entry to our Voices In Psychology competition, which carried the prompt ‘How has Covid changed our Psychology?’
The Lone Ranger in Covid Town
Dr Aspa Paltoglou (pictured), a Chartered Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University, on continuing to take pandemic precautions.
‘We need Psychologists… but please don’t psychologise Long Covid’
Dr Aspa Paltoglou hears from physician Dr David Joffe about what’s needed from our discipline; from Janina Bradshaw about what Psychotherapists can do; and from occupational therapist Kirsty Stanley.
Psychology for the global, connected, greater good
Madeleine Pownall, Pam Birtill and Richard Harris on the 2024 British Psychological Society Accreditation Standards.
‘Marketing is not determined by individual consent…’
Tommy MacKay responds to Dr Alex Barker's letter in The Psychologist, around alcohol advertising.
Don’t ignore chance effects
Professor Mike Clarke writes in response to a Marcus Munafo 'Research' column.
Educational Psychology training is being eroded
Ben Hayes writes in.
David Farrington 1944-2024
A tribute from Graham Towl.
Dr Jennifer Pulman 1986–2024
A tribute from Mary Wilson.
A.D. ‘Sandy’ Lovie 1940-2024
Geoff Bunn (Manchester Metropolitan University) with a tribute.
From the archive: ‘We are busy about everything’
Broadcaster, author and Psychologist Claudia Hammond looks back on her prescient piece in January 2020…