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Creativity and the chaos rainbow
William Todd Schultz on themes from his new book 'The Mind of the Artist: Personality and the Drive to Create'.
Understanding bad character
Emma Young digests the research.
Groupthink – a monument to truthiness?
Ramon J. Aldag re-examines a familiar concept.

Psychological concepts often seep into the public consciousness. Through salient examples, powerful metaphors, or compelling arguments, some gain general – if tentative – acceptance. Others...

Children’s mental health
A round-up of our articles for Children's Mental Health week.
The persistent irony of the Dunning-Kruger Effect
Robert D. McIntosh and Sergio Della Sala explore issues around overconfidence and expertise.
Myths of mindfulness
Richard W. Sears looks at the evidence surrounding two myths in this extract from his book ‘Myths of Mindfulness’ published by Sequoia Books.
Our 2022 poetry competition
The annual chance for psychologists to get their creative juices flowing, this year around the Society's Senate-voted theme of 'Tackling class-based inequality'.
New therapist, new hope
Fran Stalley on a perhaps unusual relationship with her psychologist David Pike, plus his own thoughts.
Widening the psychological workforce
With huge demand for psychology services, newer roles are being recognised – with potentially historic changes to the BPS, Shaoni Bhattacharya explores the issues.
Editorial, February 2022
Dr Jon Sutton introduces the issue.
Digital travel – defying distance and reality?
John Waterworth and Ingvar Tjostheim look to the future…

Travel is important for many people, but the more people travel, the higher the consumption of fossil fuels, and the greater the chances of diseases spreading over distances. The...

The politics of pronouns
A chapter from Neuroscience for Organizational Communication: A Guide for Communicators and Leaders, by Chartered Psychologist Dr Laura McHale, courtesy of Palgrave Macmillan.

In this exclusive extract Laura McHale examines pronoun use in the political speech. She explores the differences between the inclusive and exclusive “we,” and the perils of the overuse of “I...

We need to talk about Long-Covid
Dr Andy Siddaway on the key role of psychologists in research, service design, and interventions.
Dilemmas in healthcare
Emily Mortimer, a Trainee Clinical Psychologist at the University of East London, on a moral judgements and a new study.
Ticking away
Hannah Wilkinson on a ‘normalising’, psychoeducation approach to Tourette’s Syndrome.
From denial, disbelief and deflection, towards Truth
Dr Rebekah Eglinton is Chief Psychologist to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. Here she highlights the experiences over 6,000 victims and survivors have shared with the Inquiry’s Truth Project, and the importance of their accounts in contributing to change for the better. The Inquiry’s Final Report is due to be published next year.
'Work is what you do, not a place you go'
Environmental Psychologist and workplace strategist, Dr Nigel Oseland, gives his perspective on the return to the office.
‘It’s just a bunch of people telling your story, excluding you from the telling’
Caroline Clare with her experience of implementing shared psychology case formulations for staff in a high dependency rehabilitation unit for adult males, and feedback from some of the service users who were involved.
A good news story worth sharing
Emma Young digests the research on conversations.
Socially Valued, Not Inherently Valuable
An extract from The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality by Kathryn Paige Harden, with kind permission from the publisher Princeton University Press.
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Talent liberation
Dr Maggi Evans on a way to tackle the ‘Great Resignation’ and record vacancies.
Editorial, January 2022
Dr Jon Sutton introduces the issue.
Collective and compassionate leadership
An extract from 'Compassionate leadership: Sustaining wisdom, humanity and presence in health and social care', by Michael West, published by Swirling Leaf Press.

Traditional approaches to leadership have important limitations, with an emphasis on developing individual capability while neglecting collective leadership capability. They are also limited...

Creating safer night-time economies
Kimberley Hill and Graham Towl argue that we must work together to change the culture.

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