| Description | British Psychological Society press releases - Incomplete
[For press releases from British Psychological Society Annual Conference, DCP Division of Clinical Psychology Conference, Piaget-Vygotsky Centenary Event and Student Members Group Conference held in parallel held 11 - 14 April 1996, The Brighton Centre see BPS/001/6/01/02/0315 - the file also includes summaries and abstracts of papers]
Includes
1. National Examinations (Stephen Newstead)
2. Ten Reasons Why Exam Results Don't Reflect Teaching (Stephen Newstead);
3. Smokers Deny the Fag (Frank McKenna)
4. Computer Anxiety: Are Younger People Suffering More (Nicholas Bozionelos)
5. Broadening The Horizons of Investigative Psychology (David Canter)
6. The Effects of Bullying on Victims (David Hawker)
7. Police Misunderstand Rave Culture (Jonathan Elcock)
8. A Fair Cop? Attitudes of the Police Towards Mental Illness (Ian Mackenzie)
9. Causes of Crime - Is Race An Issue (Steven Muncer)
10. Machismo Weakens With Age (John Archer)
11. Suicide Attempts in Aftermath of Cruise Ship Disaster (Julie Nurrish)
12. Innate Gifts and Talents: Reality or Myth? (Michael Howe)
13. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Sue Letson)
14. Sleep Disorders: A Role for Psychologists (Chris Idzikowski, Ken Hume, Mark Blagrove)
15. Health Warning: Social Class Can Damage Your Health (Doug Carroll)
16. Psychology Really Can Do the Business (Peter Stratton)
17. TV Violence Affects People With Low Imagery Ability (Simon Moore, David Marks)
18. Simple Pleasures Best (Geoff Lowe)
19. Revenge Is Not So Sweet (Ann- Stacy Kahler)
20. British Psychological Society President (Margaret Mc Allister)
Division of Clinical Psychology Conference
Press releases
1. Do Children Understand Brain Injury? (Audrey Daisley, Jacqueline Tonin)
2. Therapy and Different Cultures (Garfield Harmon)
3. Psychological Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (James Thompson)
4. Developing Services for War-Affected Children in Bosnia (Patrick Smith and William Yule) - symposium PTSD - Interactions of Treatment and Research';
5. Partners in Parenthood - who Needs Them? (Sandra Wheatley);
6. War Veterans and Abused Women are Plagued by Memories (William Kuyken);
7. Staff Attitudes to Challenging Behaviour Affect Helpfulness (Dave Dagnan, Peter Trowler and Rebecca Smith).
21 June 1996 Annual Conference of the Psychology of Women Section and Women in Psychology Society, held at Eastwood Park Conference Centre
1. General release about the conference
2. The Experience of British Asian Women (Kaun Rana) - press release
3. Women, Appearance and Mental Health (Liz Frost) - press release
4. The Well of Loneliness: Young Lesbian Identities in a Heterosexist Culture (Julie Mooney-Somers) - press release
5. Current Issues in Pornography (Lynne Segal) - press release
6. Romantic Versus Functional Birth (Marianne Morris) - press release
7. Not For The Girls (Susan Drew, Ailsa Cameron and Tamsin Wilton) - press release
10-12 July 1996 Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society Division of Clinical Psychology Special Interest Group in the Elderly Held at the University of Wales, Cardiff
1. General release about the conference
2. Working Together (Corrie Meesters) - press release
3. Elderly Drivers and In-Car Information Technology - press release
4. Dementia and Language (Elaine Funnell) - press release
5. Older Drivers' Safety (Andrew Howard) - press release
6. Young People with Dementia (John Keady) - press release
7. Advising on Driving Competence (Janice Rees and Rachel Hudson) - press release
8. Giving a Diagnosis of Dementia (Rosemary Jenkins and Gwen Phillips) - press release
2-4 September 1996 Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society Division of Criminological and Legal Psychology, at the College of Ripon and York St John York University
1. General release about the conference
2. Black Offenders and the Probation Service (Amanda Matravers) - press release
3. Women and Anger Management (Graham Towl) - press release
4. Anger Management with Women in Prison (Sarah Cundy) - press release
5. The Biological Bases of Criminal Behaviour (Adrian Raine) - press release
6. Suicide in Prisons (Graham Towl) - press release
7. Hostage Incidents in the Prison Service - (Aidan Harvey-Craig) - press release
8. Women and Anger Management (Graham Towl) - press release
11-13 September 1996 Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society Developmental Section Annual Conference at the University of Oxford
1. General release about the conference
2. Young Child Show Favouritism Within Europe (Mark Bennett) - press release
3. Children Witnessing Crimes (Oliver Gammon) - press release
4. Girls Are Better Babies (Liz Connors) - press release
5. Teenage Smoking and Later Addiction - press release
6. Computers Held Children Talk About Difficult Experiences (Rachel Calam) - press releases
7. Divorce and Single Parenthood Have Positive Aspect - press releases
8 Babies Behaving Badly (Dario Varin) - press releases
16-18 September 1996 Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
1. General release about the conference
2. Scratch card Players Risk Addiction (Mark Griffiths) - press release
3. Stress and Junior Doctors (Sophie Alt and Dr Diane Houston) - press release
4. Who's Left Holding The Baby? (Gill Cappuccini) - press release
5. Being Scottish (Gerry Finn) - press release
6. Implied Criticism of Royal Interviews (Peter Bull) - press release
16 September 1996 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - A Changing and Evolving Concept - press release of launch of report of BPs working party 'Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Psychological Approach to an Evolving Concept';
17-18 December 1996 BPS London Conference, Institute of Education see BPS/001/6/01/03/03/12
General press release about the conference
1. What A Drink and a Laugh Are Good For You (Geoff Lowe) - press release
2. Sin Bins Can Make Players Sin Again (Sandy Wolfson) - press release
3. Is Oxygen A Smart Drug? (Andrew Scholey) - press release
4. Do Something Difference to Improve Your Mood (Brian Parkinson) - press release,
5. Broken Home Children Can Thrive on Challenge (Tony Cassidy and Samantha Newport) - press release
6. Parents May Influence Bullying (Rowan Myron-Wilson and Professor Peter Smith) - press release,
7. Help For The Front Line in Accident and Emergency Departments (Sarah Helps) - press release,
8. Keep Fit? Why Do We Do It? (David Ingledew) - press release
9. Mad Cows and English Meals: Distorted Views in Beef Consumption (Peter Harris) - press release,
10. What A Relaxing Smell (Neil Martin) - press release
11. Profiling Suicide Risk for Prevention (Rory O'Connor) - press release
12. Pregnancy Hassles and the Newborn Baby (Lisa Thompson) - press release
13. Picture This: Men's Response to Miscarriage (Martin Johnson) - press release
14. Working The Night Shift May Make You Blue (David Healy) - press release
15. Improving Reading Through Talking (Susannah Lamb) - press release
16. The Bullies Who Work in Gangs (Jon Sutton and Peter Smith) - press release
17. Boys Will Be Boys... But Why? (Ann Hagell) - press release
18. Ten Years of Women, Men and Computing (Alan Durndell) - press release
19. Blind Marking - The Truth (Jo-Anne Baird) - press release
For a more complete set of London conference press release as well as summaries of papers see
BPS/001/6/01/03/03/14
for press releases 19 December 1996 Annual Occupational Psychology conference 7-9 January 1997 see BPS/001/11/03/01/15 BPS Press Releases 1997 |
| AdminHistory | The first report on public relations was in 1946 by T H Pear [see BPS Council Papers 25 May 1946]. A public relations committee was founded in 1955 and was a short lived working party.
The first press releases was for the BPS Occupational Psychology Section Conference in Cambridge, held 3-4 January 1970.
In 1971 Nicholas Georgiades and Professor Arthur Summerfield arranged a press conference at Brown's Hotel to draw attention to the BPS response to Sir John Foster's report on Scientology [See BPS/001/4/01/03/01]. After advice from Mr Christopher Hall, Barbara Castle's Information officer on setting up a press function - a Standing Press Committee was formed in October 1971 under the Chairmanship of Dr Georgiades - they produced press releases and started recruiting spokespeople and setting up a media training courses for them - the first of which was held in June 1972. Early press efforts were concentrated on promoting the conferences and journal articles but later encompassed promoting BPS policy, positions, activities and the profession of psychology.
In 1973 Susan Best PA to the Secretary General took on the additional role of 'Public Relations Secretary', this was later held by Mrs M Clark, the post existed until 1976. A dedicated press officer was recruited in 1991.
Stephen White joined the BPS staff as Director of Communications in 1985 and started organising regular media training from 1986 onwards. Press releases were regularly issued from this time.
By October 1991 the Press Committee was no longer a standing committee but a subcommittee of the Information Committee (which itself took over from the Standing Committee on Communications SCCOMS 1984-1990). The Information Committee became the Communications Committee in 1998 as part of the Society's strategic plan. This became the Publications and Communications Board in 2000. |
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