Archive

Helping to make a difference

Sue Cavill reports on her visit to the Waltham Forest Educational Psychology Service for our occasional series 'Psychology in practice'.

State of the art: Adolescence

A review by John Coleman and Debi Roker.

Getting on clinical training courses

Tony Roth explains how to gain entry to clinical psychology.

Talking about rape

Kathy Doherty and Irina Anderson examine social reasoning about rape and some of its negative consequences for the victims.

Helping the police with their inquiries

Jennifer Brown argues for a distinctive policing psychology.

A matter of degrees

Rowan Myron-Wilson and Peter K. Smith look at the rising number of 'good' degrees in psychology and at how departments vary.

Towards lesbian and gay psychology

Celia Kitzinger, Adrian Coyle, Sue Wilkinson and Martin Milton present the rationale behind the proposed Lesbian and Gay Psychology Section.

Student finance and mental health

Ron Roberts, John Golding and Tony Towell look at the implications of financial hardship for the well-being of students and the wider community.

Qualitative research...Science or pseudo-science?

Michael Morgan returns to the quantitative vs. qualitative debate. Neil Cooper and Chris Stevenson suggest that Michael Morgan fails to consider that science is a social activity. Carol Sherrard argues for the coexistence of qualitative and quantitative methods. Michael Morgan attempts to summarise the main questions that divide the participants in the debate.

Return to sender - Why written communications fail

James Hartley gave the C.S. Myers Lecture at the Society's 1998 Annual Conference in Brighton.

The trouble with rules

In his Presidential Address at the 1998 Annual Conference, Chris Cullen argued that rule-governed behaviour is often insensitive to external changes.

Quality health care and psychologists

Guest Editors Hilary Hearnshaw and Noelle Robertson introduce a special feature on the role of psychologists in delivering quality in health care.

Fleeting images of shade: Identifying people caught on video

Vicki Bruce gave the Presidents' Award lecture at the Society's Annual Conference in Brighton, March 1998.

Annual Conference Reports

State of the Art: Emotion

Keith Oatley on Emotion as the Measure of Humankind-the first of an occasional series of 'State of the Art' guides to major topics in psychology.

Intrusive memories, depression and PTSD

Chris Brewin discusses cutting edge research on intrusive autobiographical memory-and how it could lead to better treatment of depression.

ANNUAL CONFERENCE REPORTS

Evaluating community care

Paul Clifford describes the work of the Society's Centre for Clinical Outcomes, Research and Effectiveness.

Sexual contact between patients and psychologists

Sexual relations between applied psychologists and service users, and between psychologists and students/trainees was the subject of a study by Tanya Garrett. Here she presents her findings and calls on the Society to give urgent attention to the issue

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A suitable case for treatment

The controversy surrounding Chronic Fatigue Syndrome has overshadowed one very important issue —how can psychologists help patients with CFS? Peter Spencer, a former sufferer himself,recalls how cognitive behavioural techniqes helped put him on the road to recovery.

Investigating human intuition: Knowing without knowing why

Guy Claxton on the value of not always understanding what is going on.

Pictures at an exhibition: The science of the face

Andy Young and Vicki Bruce report on their exhibition at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

Contributions to paediatric medicine

How do we measure the quality of life facing children with long-term or chronic health problems? Christine Eiser looks at the progress in this article, origanally given as the 1997 C.S. Myers Lecture.

Psychotherapy with lesbian and gay clients

In 1995 the Division of Counselling Psychology commissioned a study of psychologists' views and practices in working with lesbian and gay clients in psychotherapy. Martin Milton and Adrain Coyle prsent the key findings and offer some thoughts on future practice developments.

Can IQ change?

An individual's IQ score is often portrayed as a fixed and unchangeable measure of intelligence. Michael J.A. Howe argues intervention can produce lasting change, but it also needs to take account of a whole range of social circumstances.

London Conference Report

How to get involved

Is there an issue you would like the Society to consider, or would you like to get more involved in the Society yourself? In this article, Jackie Shurman explains what to do.

The Development of Psychology as a Profession

Ingrid Lunt, President Elect and Chair of the Council Working Party, reports.

Use of electronic records as the professional record

Bernard Kat reports on behalf of the Professional Affairs board.

Choose six numbers, any numbers

Many people gamble regularly on the UK National Lottery. Eileen Hill and Janis Williamson discuss the decisions players make when participating in the Lottery draw, and explain the psychological principles underlying those decisions.