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Almost 35 years ago, Keita and Jones (1990) drew attention to the importance of blending 'occupational health' and psychology, to address prominent workplace concerns about occupational stress and ...

The survey of members of our Division of Educational and Child Psychology unearthed some alarming statistics, including that just over half of all educational psychologists say they feel unable to ...

War and the Mind explores war through a psychological lens. The exhibition interrogates some of the ways people think, feel, and act during the extreme circumstances of armed conflict. The objects, ...

The BPS is working on a new programme of work called Psychology Matters, which aims to celebrate and highlight the power of psychology in transforming lives. We know the vital role of psychology in ...

Responding to the speech made by Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting MP at the Labour Party Conference, the President of the British Psychological Society Dr Roman Raczka said: "We welcome ...

When we think of issues that might contribute to poor mental health in older adults, many of us will immediately think of loneliness and isolation. However, a new paper from the University of Chicago ...

Dr Venetia Leonidaki (pictured, left) is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the National Gambling Clinic, and Dr Rebecca Lockwood is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the National Centre for ...

The Presidents' Award recognises and celebrates a psychologist who has produced a body of outstanding research, and is one of the most prestigious honours awarded by the BPS. Dr Lai was nominated by ...

Have you ever experienced time expansion? When a moment expands by many orders of magnitude, maybe 10 to 40 times? In other words, a period of three seconds may seem to stretch for half a minute, or ...

The BPS has responded to a recent column by Annabel Denham in the Daily Telegraph entitled "The mental health con is bankrupting Britain". Dismissing mental health as a "con" is dangerous and ...

Phobias are among the most common psychological disorders, and are the most common anxiety disorder. An estimated 6% of the population suffer from full-blown arachnophobia, for example, while around 1 ...