2016 British Psychological Society Presidential Blogs

A quick update of my blogs posted in 2016 on the British Psychological Society Presidential Blog list… which can be found in full here: http://beta.bps.org.uk/blogs/presidential-blog/

21^st December 2016

“Eight months of success in making psychology relevant to citizens and the real world”

14^th December 2016

“Psychology at the movies”

7^th December 2016

“Does current mental health care contravene the Human Rights Act?”

30^th November 2016

“Prevention in mental health demands equity and justice”

23^rd November 2016

“When the arts influence policy more effectively than research”

16^th November 2016

“Psychologists speaking out in a changed world”

9^th November 2016

“No more ‘us-and-them’, please”

2^nd November 2016

“Some successes but complex problems”

26^th October 2016

“The new British Psychological Society website”

12^th October 2016

“The breadth of psychology – and of our Society activity”

(… on an EFPA / FRA human rights symposium)

5th October 2016

“The Conservative Party Conference: Queues, stereotypes and the glamour of power”

27^th September 2016

“The marriage between psychological science and politics”

21^st September 2016

“The importance of being at party conferences”

14^th September 2016

“A new website and new money for research”

7^th September 2016

“In celebration of diversity and human excellence”

(…on the Paralympics)

31^st August 2016

“Debt, mental health and the young”

24^th August 2016

“There’s no such thing as abnormal psychology”

17^th August 2016

“Medieval scholarship and postmodern science”

(… on the way that we cite and reference academic papers)

10^th August 2016

“Professional identity of psychologists needs greater clarity and unity”

3^rd August 2016

“Psychologists, protected titles, and regulation loopholes”

27^th July 2016

“Our international colleagues see UK psychology as world-leading”

20^th July 2016

“Psychology has a whole new cast of political characters to work with”

13^th July 2016

“The importance of listening and talking”

6^th July 2016

“After Chilcot: The psychology of world changing decisions”

30^th June 2016

“Dinner with the Royal College of Psychiatrists”

22^nd June 2016

“We must work together to combat fate”

(… on the occasion of the murder of Jo Cox)

15^th June 2016

“Psychology can explain the wider picture after tragedies”

(… on the occasion of the Orland shootings)

8^th June 2016

“Communicating the value of psychology to the public”

1^st June 2016

“Defending NHS bursaries and improving access to services”

25^th May 2016

“The importance of psychologist wellbeing”

18^th May 2016

“Marching for mental health services”

11^th May 2016

“A celebration on the terrace of the House of Commons”

4^th May 2016

“The robustness and replicability of our science”

27^th April 2016

“Making sure psychology punches its weight”