Information for the public

Psychology is the scientific study of human mind and behaviour. Psychology and psychologists can bring further understanding to a range of different topics and aspects of everyday life.

In this section we include more in-depth information about interesting topics.

Our feature topics have included:

• Volunteer and feel the benefits
• Raising awareness of autism, which includes some useful questions and answers about the topic.
• Child obesity: a growing problem
• Get in the swing of it - useful information for golfers who want to improve their game.
• Results are in: kick start your career in psychology
• World Mental Health Day - information on the event and what the Society has done to promote it.
• Coping if you have been recently or suddenly bereaved - advice and recommendations for help and further reading.
• We will remember them - looking at the affects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
• Words can hurt - information on the effects of verbal bullying
• Looking back at 2011

The Society's London and Home Counties Branch hosted the second Psychology for All event. This was open to the public, covering an array of psychological issues.

Find out more about our influence and how we promote psychology in the news.