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> Twin peaks: pressures of qualification
In 2008 Michael Phelps was on his way to the trials for the 2008 US Olympic swimming team when he saw an advertisement for the US Athletics team trial...
> Evidence-based therapies supported
The British Psychological Society is committed to ensuring the availability of effective psychological therapies for a range of mental health problems...
> Older people linked in Northern Ireland
An initiative aimed at helping older people get in contact with others of a similar age has been launched in Northern Ireland by health minister Edwin...
> How music therapy chimes with clients
Music therapy has the ability to speak to patients in a way that words cannot, it has been suggested....
> Stereotypes and the decisions juries make
Dr Blake McKimmie from the University of Queensland won the prize for the best poster at the Society’s Annual Conference in London last week....
> Children prefer real animals to toys
Children as young as 11 months of age show a natural affinity for animals and this attraction includes animals that are widely feared by adults, inclu...
> Role of psychologists in sports injury
An article in the British Journal of Nursing uses the case study of an 18-year-old track athlete with a chronic Achilles tendinopathy to identify risk...
> Scottish head for suicide research group
A Scottish Chartered Psychologist is to become president of a leading international suicide research organisation....
> A roundtable on sport and mental health
Exercise is known to be good for people with mental health problems, yet taking part in elite sport poses unique challenges to athletes’ mental heal...
> So what is sport and exercise psychology?
Although sport is played with the body, it is won in the mind. As Novak Djokovic, the world number one tennis player, revealed, “the difference betw...
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