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‘The uncanny depends on a disruption to the self’
Our journalist Ella Rhodes uncovers uncanny thoughts and cognitive paradoxes…

There’s something about the in-between, liminal, spaces in our minds that allow unbidden, unwelcome, uncanny thoughts and experiences to emerge. Whether hearing voices, experiencing déjà vu or...

Editorial, November 2021
Dr Jon Sutton introduces the issue.
‘Living for today’ with a progressive condition
Ayad Marhoon on adapting to life with Multiple Sclerosis during the pandemic.
‘The pandemic stole part of my placement… but helped me grow’
Erin Fitzakerley with her experiences of completing a placement year during the pandemic.
Work in the real world
Ian Bushnell, Programme Chair for the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology Congress which is set to take place in Glasgow in January, introduces a set of conversations with the keynotes…
Resilience to uncertainty
Eleonore Batteux.

We cannot know what the future holds. Unexpected events will occur. The complexity and interconnectedness of our society means that unexpected events have the potential to affect us widely and...

Can anger be a force for good?
Emma Young digests the research.
The problem of pathocracy
Do psychologists have a responsibility to help prevent ruthless, amoral people attaining positions of power? Steve Taylor considers the arguments.

In communist countries, psychology could be a dangerous profession. As with any role, if you didn’t use your expertise in service of state propaganda, you were in danger of falling foul of...

Ageism in dementia
Esra Hassan with a perspective for World Alzheimer's Day, grounded in her PhD research.
Assistant Psychologist to Health Care Assistant… within the same hour
Two Assistant Psychologists reflect upon their experiences of managing a change in their role in a secure inpatient setting during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Psychologists, lived experience and self-disclosure
Like everyone, Psychologists can experience mental health issues and also have other areas of their personal lives which they decide whether or not to talk about. Here, we collect coverage from the archive.
'We need a rethink, to support young families'
Psychologist Mary Barker with a personal reflection on the death of her adopted daughter Ruby by suicide.
Featured job: Clinical Psychologist, Magna House
We hear from Lead Psychologist Hugo Santos.
Editorial, October 2021
Dr Jon Sutton introduces the issue.
‘Kill your selves’ every day
Dr Nic Hooper on students and self-stories.
‘Those secrets… they’re literally eroding my bones’
Kyle Kelleher considers Adverse Childhood Experiences, and the need to discuss family trauma.
Using evolution science to build a prosocial world
Freddy Jackson Brown, Paul Cooper, Emma Balfour and Mary Stanley-Duke.

For most people, the word evolution is synonymous with genetics and how DNA changes when species adapt to their environments. But this ‘gene-centric’ view misses a far richer and ultimately...

Discovery, Dream, Design and Destiny in intensive care
Omobolanle Balogun, third year BSc Psychology Undergraduate at Aston University, on a placement experience.
At home with a Premier advantage?
Dane McCarrick with some insights from a natural experiment afforded by the pandemic…
Featured job: Clinical/Counselling Psychologist Autism Diagnostic Service
Employer: Questa Psychological Services.
Editorial, September 2021
Jon Sutton introduces the September edition.
Let the children play
Emma Young digests the research…
The psychology of friends
On International Friendship Day we trawl our archive for insights into why friendship matters and how we can connect safely during the pandemic.
Decolonising psychological science: encounters and cartographies of resistance
Luis Gómez-Ordóñez, Glenn Adams, Kopano Ratele, Shahnaaz Suffla, Garth Stevens and Geetha Reddy engage the decolonial project that Dr Deanne Bell outlined in these pages last year.
I can be successful
An edited extract from Dr Josephine Perry’s book ‘I Can: The Teenage Athlete’s Guide to Mental Fitness’, with kind permission from the publisher Sequoia books.

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