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19/07/2024
‘The hospital has the feel of a massive living thing’ – Fauzia Khan interviews Dr Charlie Jones, Consultant Clinical Psychologist at North Bristol NHS Trust.
Life lessons from the Olympics – can sports psychologists help everyone to win at life? Deputy Editor Jennifer Gledhill speaks with some to find out if an Olympic mindset could benefit us all…
‘Psychology is slightly out of the comfort zone for some boys’ – Florence Plant, a Psychology undergraduate at the University of Sheffield, asks her coursemates for opinions on their degree…
What to say and do, or not, when someone tells you they have cancer. Jennifer Gledhill reports on a new psychology-led film around cancer, ‘They just don’t know what to say or do’.
The Psychologist guide to… Weather – most of us feel that the weather has a major influence on our daily lives; psychologists are beginning to understand how deep that impact goes. Jennifer Gledhill has eight insights…
We feel ashamed of our vulnerabilities and imperfections, but others will often see courage and authenticity in our self-disclosure, writes David Robson in an edited extract of his new book, The Laws of Connection.
Nine ways to improve family mealtimes – does dinner feel daunting? Do family mealtimes regularly reach boiling point? Chukwudi Barrah shares nine psychological insights that may just turn down the heat…
Re-framing the ‘perfect body’ – Hannah Lewis explains how The Body Project, an evidence-based intervention, could turn the rising tide of eating disorders.
‘We can’t put a lid on certain topics in the hope that they will go away’ – Jennifer Gledhill hears about online environments from therapist, researcher and author Catherine Knibbs.
A crucial discourse on our jury system – Dr Howard Fine on Channel 4's 'The Jury: Murder Trial', a programme he served as Consultant Clinical Psychologist on; plus a review from Dr Lee Curley.
‘I’d like to see Psychobiology embedded more into psychological research’ – Ella Rhodes spoke to Dr Kyla Pennington (University of Lincoln) about her work as Chair of the BPS Psychobiology Section.
‘The book is to help demystify paranoia‘ – our editor Jon Sutton hears from Professor Daniel Freeman (University of Oxford) about his new book ‘Paranoia‘.
‘Madness was imagined through the lens of economic value’ – our editor Jon Sutton hears from Nima Bassiri, author of ‘Madness and Enterprise: Psychiatry, Economic Reason, and the Emergence of Pathological Value’.
The newest episode of Research Digest podcast PsychCrunch is out now – Ella Rhodes speaks to Mark Blagrove and Bryony Sheaves about the secrets of dreams and nightmares.
‘We have seen this background hum of menace become louder’ – Vincent Deary explains to Dara Mojtahedi how the physical and mental load of trying to survive in such difficult times can underpin the breakdown of our health and wellbeing…
Spotlight on Swansea – Editor Jon Sutton introduces a set of interviews and the concept of specials of The Psychologist at least partly grounded in place…
How to tell a joke to an ape – new research finds that great apes playfully tease each other, suggesting our shared sense of humour may date back to common ancestors at least 13 million years ago.
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