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Our editor, Dr Jon Sutton, introduces the April 2025 issue of The Psychologist.

Editorial, April 2025

Ella Rhodes spoke to Sophie Ellis, Research Manager at the Prison Reform Trust, and Nic Bowes, former British Psychological Society Division of Forensic Psychology Chair and Professor in Practitioner Forensic Psychology, about their joint efforts to campaign for change in how people serving highly controversial Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences are managed.

'IPP is a type of sentence, not a type of person'

Ella Rhodes spoke to Professor of Psychology Education Julie Hulme (Nottingham Trent University) ahead of a British Psychological Society event where she will discuss her new book Psychology in Everyday Life: Using psychology to make a difference.

‘Which bits of psychology do I take out of my toolkit?’

Dr James Alvarez (pictured) won this year's Research Award, a partnership between the British Psychological Society and the Association of Technical Staff in Psychology.

'A vital element in the ecosystem'

Health Services Safety Investigations Body aims to understand how health providers learn from patient safety incidents.

Learning from patient safety incidents

According to the Health Foundation report, the mental health of the working-age population appears to be getting worse.

Mental health of working-age people declining

New guidance with support from the British Psychological Society.

Gambling harms

New research suggests that knowing we’re being monitored impacts involuntary perceptual processes, without us realising.

Is surveillance changing how we see the world?

New work explores the influence of the Covid pandemic on gender identity in trans and gender diverse youth.

Quarantine and questioning: gender identity journeys through the pandemic

Things that should literally make stomachs churn simply don’t for kids, according to new research.

Here’s why kids are so gross

Participants of a recent trial see 'meaningful improvements' in their ability to function and live their lives — though effects were somewhat modest.

Could vagus nerve stimulation offer progress on treatment resistant depression?

New study unpicks the influence of instant beauty filters on body image and attitudes.

Beauty filtered selfies are more damaging than filtered photos of others

When menopause and autism collide, many report feeling unwarned, unprepared, and without appropriate support, according to new research. 

Autistic people face additional menopause challenges

Nick Beazley-Long goes to the sources of our Research Digest coverage…

FAIR’s fair – are interesting articles sufficiently transparent?

Ciaran Smith on how search engines may be hindering research.

Psychology’s algorithmic echo chamber

Ella Rhodes speaks with Psychologists researching conversations and motivations around the decision not to have children.

The childfree: a neglected population?

Eight teachers share how they got their start in and their love for Psychology education.

We hear from those teaching Psychology at pre-university level…

Fauzia Khan interviews Dr Brian Murray, Chair of the British Psychological Society Division of Counselling Psychology and Consultant Counselling Psychologist with Manx Care.

‘I want counselling psychology to be seen for its unique value’

Ian Florance talks to clinical psychologist Sarah Stacey.

‘The main route to addiction is pain’

Laura Anne Winter, Divine Charura, Lynne Gabriel, Martin Milton, Silva Neves and Olga Oulanova with insights from their recent book.

Social justice in the psychological therapies: Personal values and action

Our editor Jon Sutton has some questions for Ruth Leys, author of Anatomy of a Train Wreck: The Rise and Fall of Priming Research (University of Chicago Press); plus an extract.

‘I am certain psychology will see many more train wrecks’

Being a perfectionist can often result in persistent procrastination that no amount of time management can solve. However, says Dr Ellen Hendriksen, in an exclusive extract from her book, 'How to be Enough: Seven life-changing steps for self-critics, overthinkers and perfectionists', there are some simple ways to challenge ourselves. 

How to become unstuck

Elliot Cohen explains why his new book, The Psychology of Slow Living, advocates for a more humane pace of life.

‘The world needs a wash and a week’s rest’

Fiona Gabbert, Professor of Applied Psychology and Director of the Forensic Psychology Unit at Goldsmiths, University of London, on how they are transforming public understanding of criminal justice.


Science and storytelling create alchemy at Goldsmiths

Chartered Psychologist Dr Verity Di Mascio (London Metropolitan University) watches 'The Fear Clinic: Face Your Phobia' on Channel 4.

Some trepidation around the Fear Clinic

Associate Editor for Culture, Kate Johnstone reviews a short film festival.

It’s complicated, right?

Anthony Montgomery thinks that Psychology’s apparent reluctance to study stupidity speaks volumes about our discipline.

Studying stupidity – the smart move?

We want to hear your thoughts as part of our Voices in Psychology programme.

What does creativity mean to you?

Time to recharge?

Anya Jan, a master's student in Developmental Psychology and Clinical Practice at University College London, explores how AI can transform mental health care. 

Can AI help the children we’re otherwise unable to reach?

A tribute from friends and colleagues (past and present) from the Association for the Teaching of Psychology and the British Psychological Society. 

Helen J. Kitching 1970-2025

A tribute from Mike Wang, Graham Powell, David Johnson and Chris Bradshaw.

Dr Elise Rivlin 1945-2025

Kim Elizabeth Williams (née Anthony) 1958-2024

Dr Maribel Cordero 1968-2023

Mark R. McDermott, Emeritus Professor, University of East London, with a personal recollection. 

Remembering Professor Philip Zimbardo

Marc Hye-Knudsen, on his 2023 feature article for The Psychologist.

From the archive: Dad jokes, revisited

‘Psychology helps us have conversations beyond our own bubble’

The Psychologist, April 2025

Our editor Jon Sutton meets Marcus Munafò, winner of the British Psychological Society’s Presidents’ Award, Professor of Biological Psychology at the University of Bristol, and a key player in the debate over replication and open science.

‘There’s this conspiracy of silence around how science really works’

Clinical psychologist Dr Rachel Happer on her role as Head of the National Confidential Forum.

‘This is about their truth’

Sally Marlow and Hilary Brodsky review 'Gin for Breakfast' at the Tristan Bates Theatre. 

A safe space for tough topics

Basma Alharthy visits an exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery.

Basquiat – ‘hauntingly relevant to today’s world’

Featured Job: Research and Product Development Director with 10x Psychometrics

Can both fiction and non-fiction restore it?

What to read… if you’re losing faith in humanity 

iGen – science or advertisement? 

Paul Moloney reviews 'The Masses are the Ruling Classes' by William Epstein.

Deserves a wide readership

Interdisciplinary funding opportunity

Ella Rhodes reports from the British Psychological Society's seventh annual Stories of Psychology event.

The women who made psychology

Turing Fellowships for psychologists

A Nobel nudge

Ella Rhodes reports from an event of the British Psychological Society's Crisis, Disaster and Trauma Psychology Section.

Child victims of war and disaster

Dr Pamela M. Kenealy AFBPsS (1952–2017)

The Chair of the British Psychological Society's Expert Witness Advisory Group writes. 

Supporting expert witnesses 

Questions asked by those working with them.

Clinical guideline confusion

Ins and outs of stereotyping

Failure of ruling elites

Women drivers

Mallory Wober responds to recent coverage. 

The positives of boarding schools

President’s Letter, December 2017

Car-dependency – built in to the system?

A police officer and member of the British Psychological Society writes.

Responding to first responders

Should elite performance come second?

Hugo Maximillian Metcalfe and Alex Smith write.

Hearing the hidden hashtags

‘As public intellectuals, it is possible to be both polite and radical’

Jan Noyes on Conwy Lloyd Morgan, the first psychologist to become a Fellow of the Royal Society.

‘…constantly at work  in the laboratory of  my own mind’

L is for… Loneliness

Elena Lemonaki and Patrick Leman consider overt and insidious forms of sexism.

Nasty or nice?

Professor Theresa Gannon (University of Kent) on her journey to impact. As told to our journalist Ella Rhodes.

‘There was no standardised treatment for people who set deliberate fires'

Craig A. Harper believes the road to (political) hell is paved with good intentions…

The coddling campus

Dr Jo Wilson, Essex Partnership University NHS Trust, reports from 'Creativity in co-production' at the King's Centre in Norwich.

Eliminating the false divide

Dr Emily David watches Louis Theroux's 'Talking to Anorexia'.

Life consuming

Tanya Bhayani reports from the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival.

Diving into something new

Nadia Craddock reads 'Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body', by Roxane Gay, published by Corsair.


The body as a barrier

A conversation across the Atlantic, between Dr Tony Rousmaniere and Professor Miranda Wolpert.

Talking failure in therapy and beyond

The Psychologist, December 2017

At the 2017 Latitude Festival in Suffolk, our editor Dr Jon Sutton introduced Professor Stephen D. Reicher in the Wellcome Trust Arena. This is an edited transcript.

The rules of unruliness

Featured job: Behavioural Consultant with Stamford Associates

President’s Letter, November 2017

Martin Gemmell on educational psychology north of the border.

Distinctively Scottish

Alexandra Pentaraki responds to our online piece.

Reducing drop-out rates in online degrees

Female boxers and mental health

A response to our ethics debate in the September issue.

Morally indefensible research? 

Carole Allan's appreciation for the British Psychological Society's retiring Chief Executive.

‘Always cheerful and positive’

Positive steps to wellbeing after stroke

New from Routledge is 'Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, The International Handbook'. With 626 pages in 43 chapters from 18 different countries, it was a mammoth undertaking for editors Barbara A. Wilson, Jill Winegardner, Caroline M. van Heugten and Tamara Ownsworth. Here, they outline some of the challenges.

From witch doctors to sophisticated science

Claire Harris reviews High Tide, Low Tide: The Caring Friend’s Guide to Bipolar Disorder, by Martin Baker & Fran Houston (Nordland; Pb £12.99)

Feel part of a unique friendship

Lisa Grünwald reads 'My Psychosis Story' by Emmanuel Owusu (AuthorHouseUK; Pb £29.99).

Retaining a sense of hope

Stacey A. Bedwell reviews The One Memory of Flora Banks, by Emily Barr (Penguin; Pb £7.99)

With a mystery and a positive message 

Khadj Rouf on the 'tough read' that is The Incest Diary, an anonymous offering published by Bloomsbury.

Trapped in a place of torture

Craig Harper reviews 'Post-Truth: How Bullshit Conquered the World', by James Ball (Biteback; Pb £9.99).

We’re all part of the problem

We talk to Megan Hine about her book 'Mind of a Survivor', and what wilderness survival might tell us about coping and self-reliance.   

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