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Editorial, May 2025

Ella Rhodes spoke to Sarah Marsh, Chair of the British Psychological Society’s Political Psychology Section, about the challenges facing the field, and her own hopes for what the Section can achieve.

'Democracy is something we fought for'

This year the British Psychological Society’s Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section (QMiP) celebrates the 20th anniversary of its creation…

Progress, Power and Possibilities: 20 Years of the Qualitative Methods Section

Lyndsey Hayes, Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow, and Association for the Teaching of Psychology (ATP) Representative on the British Psychological Society’s Division for Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology Committee, meets Harriet Ennis and Nick Serifin, the finalists of the DARTP Pre-tertiary Education Psychology Teacher of the Year award.

‘I have found ways to supercharge learning’

Our editor Jon Sutton reports from a one-day conference of the Behavioural Science and Public Health Network in Liverpool.

Behavioural science and public health – keeping ahead of change

Our editor Jon Sutton meets Dr Monty Lyman, winner in the ‘Popular Science’ category of the 2024 British Psychological Society Book Award for 'The Immune Mind: The New Science of Health'.

‘Physical and mental health support must go hand-in-hand if we’re to truly improve outcomes’

A survey of UK-based teachers reveals prevalent misogynistic attitudes and behaviours in primary and secondary schoolboys, and details their impacts on female pupils and staff.

Teachers triage the schoolyard effects of online misogyny

New research probes the psychological influences of hormones throughout the menstrual cycle.

Untangling links between wellbeing and the menstrual cycle

Recent work investigates Theory of Mind in children who lived through the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Pandemic kids more likely to struggle identifying false beliefs

New comparative studies illustrate similar social dynamics elsewhere in the animal kingdom.

Humans aren’t the only ones whose social circles shrink in old age

People who ask questions then answer them themselves are seen as disinterested in conversation partners, and liked less as a result, according to new research.

To improve your conversation skills, ditch ‘boomerasking’

How much misconduct should there be in research?

Dr Gil Greengross rethinks the health benefits of humour and laughter.

Cracking the joke 

Health Psychologist and British Psychological Society Chartered Member Dr Jane Meyrick discusses the changing landscape of gender-based stereotypes, attitudes and sexual violence. As told to Ella Rhodes.

‘There’s a significant change in where sexual scripts come from’

Fauzia Khan interviews Dr Madeleine Pownall, Associate Professor at the School of Psychology, University of Leeds.

‘Feminist psychology has its own little language… I find it beautiful and honest’

Adam Boyle talks with colleagues about the impact of the representation of men and boys using their service.

'The fewer male psychologists we have, the more the stigma persists'

Kate Quinn (clinical psychologist), Andy Kerrigan (social care worker) and Jess Ing (counselling psychologist) on merch, memes and metalcore as tools for community engagement in men’s mental health; but first, a personal story from one of their ‘Heavy Metal Therapy’ contributors, Andy.

‘From their screaming I found feeling and meaning’

Laura Gee on personal and research experiences of ‘gender inverted stereotypes’ and more.

‘You don’t look gay?’

Jennifer Gledhill talks to Dr Roxanne Khan about her new book, The Psychology of ‘Honor’ Abuse, Violence and Killings, and why she believes psychological research in this area has been neglected for so long.


'I’ve never met a single psychologist who understands enough about honour killings'

Psychologists and Sex Therapists Dr Lauren Fogel Mersy and Dr Jennifer Vencill on themes from their new book.

Seven ways to tackle desire discrepancy and the avoidance cycle

From Community Psychology to A New Understanding of ‘Dementia’ – Mike Bender describes the journey to Tony Wainwright. 

‘Maybe more psychologists need to become outsiders’

Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology, Biza Stenfert Kroese, hears from Retired Consultant Clinical Psychologist Penny Priest about the real-world inspiration behind her debut novel, 'Team Of One'. Plus a review from George Callaghan.

‘I witnessed so many examples of people supporting each other’ 

Dr Nihara Krause MBE, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society, watches the Netflix series.

Why does 'Adolescence' hit a nerve?

The team from the Centre for Appearance Research at the University of the West of England mark a milestone for their podcast.

Changing how the world sees bodies

Dr Emily Alexander considers cultural influence and a gendered legacy.

Hysteria: a historical mirror in the misogyny of medicine?

We hear from Nic Bowes, Sally Tilt (Chair of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Forensic Psychology) and Dapinder Matharu.

Forensic Psychology matters

What compassion really means…

Helen Catchpole laments the dearth of research into many aspects of bereavement experience.

A need for curiosity around bereavement

Isabel Clarke, on the March 2025 issue of The Psychologist.

Meaning making and psychosis

Bhupinder Singh Kuwar, Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, writes.

Why GCSE Psychology deserves recognition as the fourth science

A tribute to the eminent social psychologist, public intellectual and former President of the British Psychological Society, from David Fryer (Chartered Psychologist at the University of Queensland).

Halla Beloff 1930-2025

Words by Dr James Morris and Prof. Niamh Fitzgerald. With thanks to Jean Heather, Prof. Steve Rollnick and Trevor McCarthy.

Nick Heather 1938–2025

Tributes to the pioneering and inspirational critical psychiatrist, academic, and advocate for racial justice in mental health.

Dr Suman Fernando 1932–2025

A tribute from Jenny Taylor and Ruth Arnell.

Dr Molly Bodinetz 1979–2024

A tribute from former educational psychology colleagues.

Catharina (Tiny) Arora 1944–2024

Nick Wykes 1970-2025

Penelope Leach looks back at her May 1993 feature article.

From the archive: Should parents hit their children?

Can highlighting the benefits of change for men help alter gender-based stereotypes?

The Psychologist, May 2025

Can caffeine actually keep you fit and healthy into old age? Rebecca Thompson and Karen Keene investigate.

The pros and cons of caffeine

Alan S. Brown asks whether we can hope to study this intriguing phenomenon scientifically.

Getting to grips with deja vu

John B. Davies argues that it is time for a paradigm shift in psychology. 


Personal space: Bring on the physics revolution

Sarah M. Coyne on a new twist in the media violence debate.


Indirect aggression on screen - a hidden problem?

Rudolf N. Cardinal, joint winner of the Society's 2002 Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research Contributions to Psychology, writes about his work.


Waiting for better things

The Psychologist December 2004 front cover

The Psychologist, December 2004

Daniel Freeman and Philippa A. Garety take a look at the psychology of paranoia.



Bats amongst birds

In his Hans Eysenck Lecture, Martin Davies describes how he has continued to integrate the correlational and experimental in the study of personality and cognition.



Personality - two ways of thinking about it

Tom Stafford (University of Sheffield) meets renowned neuroscientist Vilayanur Ramachandran.



An artful brain

Kausar Suhail with the latest in our international series.



Psychology in Pakistan

Darren Ellis and John Cromby on the health implications of emotional expression.



It's not always good to talk

The Psychologist November 2004 front cover

The Psychologist, November 2004

Esther Burkitt on whether those pictures stuck to the fridge are really a window to a child’s mind.

Drawing conclusions from children's art

Avril Rea looks at the growing challenge of working with interpreters.



Now you're talking my language

John Radford searches for unity in psychology.



Personal space: All for one and one for all?

K. V. Petrides, Adrian Furnham and Norah Frederickson argue for a trait approach to the misunderstood construct.



Emotional intelligence

Jules Davidoff delivered the C.S. Myers Lecture at the 2004 Annual Conference.



Coloured thinking

Michael A. West (Chair of the Society’s Journals Committee) provides guidance and encouragement in a vital activity. 



Zen and the art of journal article reviewing

Mark Burton on the contribution of Ignacio Martín-Baró and his followers.



Viva Nacho! Liberating psychology in Latin America

The Psychologist October 2004 front cover

The Psychologist, October 2004

Andrew Silke looks at the responses, obstacles and ways forward.



Terrorism, 9/11 and psychology

Cedric E. Ginestet talked to Professor Hein de Vries of the Maastricht Health Research Institute for Prevention and Care about international collaboration on smoking prevention.



Interview with Hein de Vries

Mark Bennett delivered the Michael Argyle Lecture at the Society’s 2004 Annual Conference.



Children and social identity

Jonathan St B.T. Evans takes a satirical look back from the future. 



The Presidential Address 2038

Cedric E. Ginestet and Elisabeth Spitz with the latest in our international series.



Psychology in France

Why I study... laterality

The Psychologist September 2004 front cover

The Psychologist, September 2004

Lih-Mei Liao and Mary Boyle guest edit this special issue. Iain Morland exposes the psychoanalytic roots of modern surgical management of intersexuality; Celia Kitzinger discusses the implications of intersexuality for the psychology of women; Melissa Hines writes on the role of hormones in brain development and behaviour; and Lih-Mei Liao and Mary Boyle ask what we can learn from intersex people themselves.



Intersex - special issue

Presidents’ Award winner Margaret J. Snowling looks at risk and protective factors.



Language skills and learning to read

Martyn Barrett (University of Surrey) interviews Paul A. Singh Ghuman, who retires this month from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.



The wisdom of culture

Tony Ward and Frederick Hickling with the latest in our international series.

Psychology in the English-speaking Caribbean

The Psychologist, August 2004

Gerard Bailes looks for the reality behind the TV depictions.



Sieges, the police, and a psychologist?

John Marzillier argues against ‘outcome research’.



The myth of evidence-based psychotherapy

Annual Conference 2004

In the undergraduate category, Alexa Ispas looks at repairing historical rifts - is collective guilt the answer? Then in the postgraduate category, Susan Rasmussen looks at the imperfection of perfectionism.



Student writer competition winners 2004

The Psychologist, July 2004

Do we believe in magic? And if we do, then why? Eugene Subbotsky investigates.



Magical thinking - Reality or illusion?

Following recent articles in The Psychologist on the Rorschach test, John T. E. Richardson looks at its prehistory.



The origins of inkblots

Why I study... Disgust

The Psychologist, June 2004

Hugh Foot and Alison Sanford on the practical and ethical issues involved in using students in research.

The use and abuse of student participants

In the latest of our interviews explaining the Society’s directorate structure, we meet Professor Dominic Abrams (Chair of the Research Board), followed by Ray Miller (Chair of the Professional Practice Board).



Science and practice

Mark Van Vugt on how leaders can encourage loyalty and sacrifice.



Follow the leader... but at what cost?

Slovenia joins the European Union this month, and its psychologists are keen to develop their subject and structures in line with the rest of Europe. Here, Velko S. Rus and Vid Pecjak outline the history and current state of Slovenian psychology.



Psychology in Slovenia

Brinder Bains and Priti Shah on a new role for psychologists.



Primary care mental health workers - Bridging the gap

Dorothy Fielding (Vice Chair of the Division of Clinical Psychology) interviews Til Wykes about the Mental Health Research Network. 



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