I was shaking as I knocked the door. I sat down as the Head of Sixth looked up my results. I'll never forget the words he used: 'You just don't have the academic prowess'.

Any opportunity to have a proper conversation about mental health is always very much welcomed, especially at a time when poor mental health costs the NHS an estimated £300bn every year. We should ...

Starting your first-ever assistant psychologist post is both challenging and exciting. You're thrown in at the deep end, learning new skills, developing existing ones, getting to know a new team, ...

Can you tell me about your background and what led you to pursue a career in psychology? I studied Psychology at university because I hated Psychology at A-level. Hated it. I thought the way that the ...

Responding to the news that police officers in Scotland have taken over 440,000 days off sick due to poor mental health since 2019, Associate Professor Dr Adam Mahoney from the Division of Forensic ...

This is something the BPS has emphasised in its SEND campaign, which calls among other things for more preventative support for children and families. The SEND reforms, announced by NI education ...

To support the Member Network in contributing to the society's strategic plan and achieve the objectives set out by the society, and to be the 'voice' of the Member Network To assist the committee ...

Following on from the success of the NHS Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hubs campaign, the BPS and NHS Charities Together have joined forces to provide clinical expertise, learnings and insights to ...

If you often abbreviate words and phrases in your texts, you're far from alone. An estimated 90% of texters do it, using 'thx' instead of thanks, for example, or 'hru?' in place of 'how are you?'.

What sets Sensorimotor Psychotherapy apart from other approaches? People gravitate towards it. They see me work and they want to study this method – but they often don't know what they're getting into ...

Most of us like to believe we're independent thinkers, immune to outside influence. But just as a recommendation from a friend or a celebrity can boost our interest in a product, new research reveals ...

Researchers in childhood food insecurity and poverty, and eating disorders and autism, are among the British Psychological Society members named on this year's New Year Honours list. Professor of ...