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I’m scared….get me out of here! The psychology of fears and phobias

As I’m a Celebrity…get me out of here continues in Australia, we’re regularly seeing the contestants facing phobia-triggering experiences such as heights, snakes, spiders and small spaces. Chartered BPS member, Elaine Iljon Foreman explores the psychology behind fears and phobias, and how people can start to overcome them.

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Permacrisis: Another example of fear-creating rhetoric?

Permacrisis may have beaten off stiff competition to become Collins Dictionary’s ‘Word of the year’ but Steve Flatt, director of the Working Conversations Group and a member of the BPS’s Political Psychology Section, argues it is a ‘neat psychological trick’ used by politicians to distract voters from focusing on positive, meaningful change.

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An Exploration of the Relationship between Young People’s Fear of Crime and Gangs and their Psychological Wellbeing

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Facing Your Fears in Secondary School: A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Programme for Young People with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Anxiety

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Why do we like to be scared? The psychology of fear, fright-nights and exploring the unknown

To mark Halloween, Dr Ciaran O’Keeffe, well known for his appearances on shows such as Most Haunted, and Podcasts including The Battersea Poltergeist and The Witch Farm, explores the psychology behind why some of us seem to get a kick out of the scary and paranormal.

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Keeping the Olympic Torch Alight: Supporting athletes’ psychological wellbeing at the Paris Games

On the eve of the 2024 Olympic Games, psychologists Richard Simpson and Helen Heaviside consider how practitioners can use positive and social psychology to help competitors flourish during and after the event, showing the impact that a psychological approach can have.*

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Without friction there's no movement

John Amaechi OBE talks about the differences between "constructive" and "destructive" forms of conflict.

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An end to conversion therapy

The following article has been written by Lyndsey/Igi Moon, Chair of the Coalition against Conversion Therapy.

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Worried about the Worriers? Teachers’ knowledge, recognition and attributions about children with anxiety difficulties

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Cyber Paranoia and General Paranoia in non-clinical adolescents

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Guilt and Shame: Safeguarding Professionals in the Aftermath of a Safeguarding Breach

by Dr Noreen Tehrani.

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Eco-anxiety in children and young people: What we can do to help

Ahead of this year’s UN climate conference, which starts tomorrow, Dr Maya Gimalova and Dr Louise Edgington explore how psychology staff can help manage young people’s climate-related distress.

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BPS launches Time to Play campaign as survey reveals high level of parents’ fears about effect of pandemic on primary school playtime
22 September 2021
A survey for the British Psychological Society (BPS) has revealed that more than three-quarters of parents of primary-aged children believe play is now more than or just as important as academic catch-up, amid fears the pandemic has reduced opportunities for their children to engage in playtime at school.
- Children, young people and families
Psychologists give their perspectives on anxiety
18 May 2023
Each year Mental Health Awareness Week shines a light on a different theme within mental health, with anxiety under the spotlight for 2023.
- BPS updates
- Clinical
- Counselling and psychotherapy
Psych-Talk October 2022 Competition
17 June 2022
Psych-Talk is excited to announce our annual competition.
- BPS updates
How to talk to children about Andrew Tate and other toxic views online
15 February 2023
Psychologists from the BPS have reported a rise in teachers requesting help to support children and young people exposed to ‘toxic’ extreme views of social media influencers like Andrew Tate.
- Children, young people and families
- Education
BPS responds to comments from Secretary of State for Work and Pensions regarding 'mental health culture'
21 March 2024
The BPS is deeply concerned about the comments made by Rt Hon Mel Stride MP, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which risk trivialising young people’s mental health challenges and the impact they have on their ability to work.
- Government and politics
- Mental health
BPS responds to new government 'Back to Work Plan'
17 November 2023
The BPS has responded to the new ‘Back to Work Plan’ published by the government, raising concerns about the impact of the threat of benefits sanctions on claimants’ mental health.
- BPS updates
- Mental health
BPS, ACP-UK and ACP joint statement on the conviction of Lucy Letby
21 August 2023
The British Psychological Society, Association of Clinical Psychologists UK and Association of Child Psychotherapists have responded to the conviction of Lucy Letby.
- BPS updates
- NHS
No link between Instagram use and levels of anxiety, depression and loneliness in adults, new study reveals
16 April 2024
Adults who use Instagram are no more likely to suffer from anxiety, depression or loneliness than that those who don’t, according to new research.
- Cyberpsychology
- Health and wellbeing
- Research
Supporting children with their feelings about needles can help those who want a Covid-19 vaccine to be protected, say psychologists
22 March 2022
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has recommended that children aged five and over in the UK are offered a Covid-19 vaccine.
- Children, young people and families
- Clinical
- NHS
Recognising men’s mental health on International Men’s Day
19 November 2024
International Men’s Day (IMD) takes place on the 19 November and this year’s theme is ‘Positive Male Role Models’.
- Mental health
Adolescent exam anxiety can be intensified by pressure to achieve, says academic
04 November 2024
BPS Chartered member David Putwain's new book "Understanding and Helping to Overcome Exam Anxiety" is now available to pre-order.
- Children, young people and families
- Education
- Teaching and learning
BPS condemns violent racist attacks
07 August 2024
The BPS condemns the violent racist attacks which have taken place in recent days in communities across the country.
- Children, young people and families
- Defence and security
- Health and wellbeing
- Legal, criminological and forensic

Fearing laughter
09 April 2021
Grace Sanders considers the causes and consequences of gelotophobia – the fear of laughter.
- Emotion
The sweet spot of fear
04 October 2021
Ella Rhodes reports from a conference hosted by the Recreational Fear Lab in Denmark exploring why so many people enjoy scaring themselves silly…
- Brain
- Emotion
Treating your fear of spiders could fix your fear of heights
25 March 2024
Recent study suggests that exposure therapy for one phobia may also address other, untreated fears.
- Emotion
- Stress and anxiety
F is for… Fear
10 May 2017
The Psychologist A to Z continues.
- BPS updates
Learned fear of people who are different
08 August 2005
A stud has shown that some people are predisposed to fearing those whose skin colour is different from their own.
- Social and behavioural
Fear really does have a smell
06 July 2009
A new study suggests there is, after all, a literal truth to the idea of fear being communicated through our sense of smell.
- Cognition and perception
- Emotion
- Perception
Can a fear of blushing be cured in a weekend?
19 May 2010
You may have heard of weekend workshops in creative writing or first aid but what about a weekend course to reduce your fear of blushing?
- Counselling and psychotherapy
The smell of fear more powerful than previously realised
30 July 2013
The novelists had it right – fear really can fill the air.
- Emotion
- Social and behavioural
What is fear to the fearless?
14 October 2016
Ella Rhodes reports from a BPS-supported event at the Cheltenham Literature Festival.
- Emotion
More evidence that fear of snakes is hard-wired
27 March 2008
The researchers said their findings were consistent with the idea that humans have a fear module in the brain which is selectively sensitive to evolutionarily relevant threat stimuli.
- Developmental
- Social and behavioural
A misplaced fear of militarism?
02 February 2017
Dr Mike Rennie responds to previous correspondence.
- Violence and trauma
Episode 35: Why do we enjoy playing with fear?
26 October 2023
Ella Rhodes explores the paradoxical world of recreational fear, and discovers interesting ways in which a good scare might psychologically benefit us.
- Social and behavioural
- Stress and anxiety

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Nine years on from the Serious Crime Act 2015: Reflections on hopes, fears, progress and challenges around coercive control within a legislative framework, and on the importance of a feminist analysis of domestic abuse… in conversation with Polly Neate

Series: Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review Volume: 7 Issue: 1

Date of Publication: 01-07-2024

Author(s): Siouxsie Bytheway

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Single case experiment evaluating the effectiveness of an adapted cognitive behavioural therapy intervention for an older adult with a fear of falling

Series: FPOP Bulletin: Psychology of Older People Volume: 1 Issue: 167

Date of Publication: 01-07-2024

Author(s): Rosie Sibley

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Critical social psychology, qualitative research and on being a research butterfly/magpie: ‘Feel the fear and do it anyway’

Series: QMiP Bulletin Volume: 1 Issue: 37

Date of Publication: 01-06-2024

Author(s): Hannah Frith, Deborah Bailey-Rodriguez, Tilbe Nur Aslan

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