The Practice Board acts as a responsive source of expertise, discusses current issues in psychological practice and engages in regular horizon scanning to proactively identify gaps in practice ...

Today (28 January) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published new guidance which outlines the psychological support needed for people impacted by gambling harms. The ...

The team attended a workshop held by NHS England to inform the development of the Department of Health and Social Care's upcoming 10-year plan for the NHS. We also contributed to a workshop held by ...

There is growing evidence to suggest that virtual reality (VR) can be used to support learning. One of the unique qualities of VR is presence – an authentic sense of being in a different place, of ...

In November 2024, the Mental Health Bill 2024 was first introduced; a huge step forward in fixing the often unequal and unfair measures in the Mental Health Act 1983. The Bill aims to reform the 1983 ...

Responding to the STV Scotland Tonight 28 January report that highlighted the challenges that people with serious mental health issues face, Dr Claire Stark, Chair of the Division of Clinical ...

Could simply making a promise to be honest encourage people to behave in an honest way, even when there's a temptation to lie? A recent study in Nature Human Behaviour suggests that it can — but the ...

Both in and out of work, Kim was a person with great warmth and humour who loved the Arts and was a regular attender at music festivals. Her family, friends and colleagues are struggling to come to ...

Almost a third of people with major depressive disorder find that regular treatments, including anti-depressant drugs, or even electroconvulsive therapy, don't help. Now, a new year-long trial of a ...

We're all aware that jokes can serve as a distraction… they help us to think about something other than our hurt feelings, and in the short term, they can impair our memories, so we no longer remember ...

The Traitors is one of the most watched and talked-about programmes on TV, gaining an audience of over five million for the first episode of season 3. As psychologists, we know that people are ...

The British Psychological Society has appointed a new Chair for its Research Board. Dr Richard Stephens, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Keele University, told us he is looking forward to his remit ...