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Dr John Barry is a a Chartered Psychologist currently working as a Research Co-ordinator at UCL's Insititute for Women's Health, who has previously spent 10 years in private clinical hypontherapy practice.

His main interest is in the psychological aspects of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and he has published several papers on this topic, as well as on several other aspects of both women's and men's health.

New fathers in lockdown – a golden opportunity

Thursday, November 19, 2020

To celebrate International Men’s Day, the chair of the Male Psychology section, John Barry, has shared with us some thoughts on how new dads can

It's unwise to be dogmatic about gender issues

Friday, August 3, 2018

Like 8% of men and 0.5% of women, I am colour blind. Being colour blind has a significant impact on Quality of Life (Barry et al, 2017), creating

Men are able to talk, are psychologists able to listen?

Monday, April 30, 2018

The following article is a joint effort by John Barry (UCL), Louise Liddon (Male Psychology Network), and Martin Seager (Central London Samaritans).

Six reasons

Friday, March 2, 2018

The member ballot for our proposed new sections is now scheduled to go out in April, and this blog post by Martin Seager (with the assistance of Dr

Male psychology: holistic, compassionate, future-facing

Monday, October 23, 2017

It's staggering to consider how many men kill themselves every day (around 13 according to recent figures), but perhaps just as staggering is how few

The starving elephant will not be cured by a chiropodist

Friday, August 25, 2017

There is a wise Hindu parable about how three blind men try to understand what an elephant is. The first one walks over and grasps its tail, and

Gender blindness is not a blindfold of impartiality

Friday, April 21, 2017

Please welcome Dr John Barry to the BPS blog with this entry discussing the complex issue of gender differences in psychology.