| Description | British Psychological Society press releases includes
1 January 2002 Am I Beautiful (David Perrett and Anthony Little) - press release for article 'Putting beauty back in the eye of the beholder' published in The Psychologist;
3-5 January 2002 Division and Section of Occupational Psychology Annual Conference, held at the Hilton Hotel, Blackpool
1. General release about the conference
2. New era for GP recruitment? Doctor's personality may affect performance (Fiona Patterson, Tim Norfolk, Eamonn Ferguson and Pat Lane) - press release;
3. New approach to workplace stress (Rob Briner) - press release;
4. Rail companies' monopolies affect customer satisfaction (Jo Silvester and Kath Timmins) - press release;
5. Applying psychology for strategic advantage in mergers and acquisitions (Ellen Jones, Emma Haddleton and Patricia Ascot) - press release
[see BPS/002/2/05/06/01 Occupational Psychology Conferences for 2002 conference programme, proceedings, attendance list];
9-11 January 2002 Division of Educational and Child Psychology Annual Conference 'Extending the Boundaries: Developments in Psychological Thinking' held at the Royal Bath Hotel Bournemouth
1. General release about the conference
2. Parents with adequate support and motivation can be as effective as nursery school (Ruth Krascum, Sine McDougall and Daphne Evans) - press release;
3 Real books are alive and well (Jonathan Solity, Janet Vousden, Sue Kerfoot, George Crane and Helen Peters) - press release;
4. Teachers Find It's Good To Talk (Emil Jackson) - press release;
5. Teacher and school failure re-framed (Diane Montgomery) - press release
6. Children with delayed language skills (Ann Locke and Jane Ginsborg) - press release
7. Are we meeting the needs of children with dysfunctional communication? (Poppy Nash and Jackie Stengelhofen) - press release
[See also BPS/002/2/04 Division of Educational and Child Psychology for conference programme and abstracts;
13-16 March 2002 British Psychological Society Annual Conference Hilton Hotel and Imperial Hotel, Blackpool
[see BPS/001/6/01/02/03/21 BPS Annual Conference 2002 press for press releases, programme etc
General press release about the conference also -
1. Rejected and alone (Roy Baumeister) - press release for paper given as part of symposium on Social Inclusion and Exclusion;
2. False confessions of abuse (James Ost, Alan Costall and Ray Bull) - press release;
3. New President for The British Psychological Society (Graham Davey) - press release;
4. Glucose and memory performance (Sandra Sünram-Lea and Jonathan Foster) - press release;
5. Novelty seekers have a 'sweet tooth' (Sue McHale, Nigel Hunt and Dee Evans) - press release;
6. War and the humanitarian response (Alastair Ager) - press release;
7. Testosterone, territoriality and the 'home advantage' in football (Sandy Wolfson and Nick Neave) - press release;
8. The smells of war (Eamonn Ferguson, Helen Cassaday and Peter Bibby) - press release;
9. Media images and eating disorders (Melissa Aitken and Bernice Andrews) - press release;
10. Get in the hole! (Dave Smith Dr Paul Holmes) - press release;
11. Who's the idiot in the black? (Joanne Thatcher) - press release;
12. Why are you so aggressive? (Daryl O'Connor) - press release;
13. Children who blow their own trumpet ( Ms Dawn Watling and Robert Banerjee) - press release
14. Dictators in the workplace (Mark Van Vugt) - press release
15. Young women and sexual guilt (Harry Wallace and Roy Baumeister)- press release;
16. Cannabis and ecstasy impair memory (Andrew Scholey) - press release
17. Take this, it could improve your memory (Nicola Tildesley, Andrew Scholey, David Kennedy and Keith Wesness);
18. When Self Love Wins Through (Harry Wallace and Roy Baumeister) - press release]
3-5 April 2002 British Psychological Society Division of Forensic Psychology Conference, held at the University of Manchester
1. General release about the conference
2. Faking it? (Jason Davies, Phil Bernard-Carter and Claire Hepworth) - press release;
3. No more lives left for cat burglars (Brian Ewart, Giles Oatley and Michael Wilbert) - press release
4. Men, the hidden victims (John Archer) - press release
5. When your ex becomes a stalker (Nicola Graham-Kevan) - press release
9 April 2002; 30 May 2002, 8 June 2002 Disciplinary hearing: Joginder Gandhi - press release on postponed hearing of the BPS Disciplinary Committee hearing to consider allegations of professional misconduct by a member;
10 April 2002 Disciplinary hearing: Stanley Paul McDonald and Findings of Disciplinary Hearing - press release concerning BPS Disciplinary Committee hearing allegations of professional misconduct against a member
11 April 2002 Disciplinary hearing: Andrew Walton and Findings of Disciplinary Hearing - press release concerning BPS Disciplinary Committee hearing allegations of professional misconduct against a member;
12 April 2002 New Press Officer for psychologists - press release for Douglas Brown joining the British Psychological Society press office [taking over from Sue Cavill];
1 May 2002 Complementary and alternative medicine (Adrian Furnham) - press release concerning article published in The Psychologist;
7 May 2002 Letter to the Daily Telegraph concerning article about BBC programme 'Test The Nation'
17-19 May 2002 British Psychological Society Division of Counselling Psychology Conference, held at the Grand Hotel Torquay
1. General release about the conference
2. The distance between us (Betty Rudd) - press release;
3. Bullying - It takes two (Noreen Tehrani) - press release;
4. Men play down their fears about fat (Ewan Gillon) - press release
5. People still fear mental illness (Sarah Bartlett) - press release
[see BPS/002/2/02/06/02 Division of Counselling Psychology 2002 Conference for programme, abstracts and attendance list];
21 May 2002 Disciplinary Hearing: Robin Hensman - press release concerning appointment of Disciplinary Committee to hear professional misconduct allegation against a BPS member;
24 May 2002 Psychological Testing: A Test Taker's Guide - press release announcing BPS leaflet for those taking psychological tests;
22 May 2002 Disciplinary Hearing: Seonaid Robertson; Findings of Disciplinary Hearing: Seonaid Robertson - press release concerning BPS Disciplinary Committee hearing of allegations against a member
28 May 2002 Letter to the Guardian concerning article 'Check me out';
05 June 2002 Psychological Debriefing - press release for publication of a report of a British Psychological Society Professional Practice Board working party concerning the issues surrounding psychological debriefing following a crisis or disaster;
10 June 2002 Children and Disruptive Behaviour - press release for article by Avi Kaplan published in the British Journal of Educational Psychology;
14 June 2002 Should Non-Human Primates Be Used in Research and Testing - press release concerning papers by the Boyd Group on testing published by the British Psychological Society;
18 June 2002 Familiarity Breeds Content - press release concerning article 'Familiarity Breeds Content: The impact of exposure to change on employee openness and well-being' by Carolyn Axtell published in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology;
18 June 2002 Too noisy to think: Workplaces that make women sick. - press release concerning article by Yitzhak Fried published in British Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology;
21 June 2002 Stress, Coping and Psoriasis - press release concerning an article 'Psychological stress, distress and disability in patients with psoriasis: Consensus and variation in the contribution of illness perceptions, coping and alexithymia' by Donal Fortune, Helen Richards and Christopher Griffiths, published in the British Journal of Clinical Psychology;
21 June 2002 Children and their Body Image - press release concerning an article 'Development of the Children's Body Image Scale' by Helen Truby and Susan Paxton in the British Journal of Clinical Psychology; published in the British Journal of Clinical Psychology;
24 June 2002, 3 May 2002 Disciplinary Hearing: Mae Taylor - press release hearing of the British Psychological Society Disciplinary Committee to hear allegations of professional misconduct against a member;
28-30 June 2002 Seeing Psychology in a Positive Light - British Psychological Society Consciousness and Experiential Section and Wessex and Wight Branch conference 'Positive Psychology' held at King Alfred's College, Winchester - press release
5-7 July 2002 Women & Psychology Conference - press release concerning British Psychological Society Psychology of Women Section annual conference, held at Birkbeck College;
[See also BPS/002/3/09/06/01 for programme and abstracts of this conference]
11 July 2002 Annual Conference of the Clinical Psychologists Special Interest Group in Older People, held at King Alfred's College, Winchester
1. Attitudes to pain in later life (Jan Walker) - press release
2. Bingo! It's good for you (Julie Winstone) - press release
3. Working women caring for older people: does it have to be stressful? (Clare Lyonette and Lucy Yardley) - press release;
4. Counselling people with dementia: a chance to speak for themselves (Elizabeth Bartlett) - press release;
5. Caring for older people with dementia (Linda Clare and Rachel Butterfield) - press release;
19 July 2002 Preliminary proceedings for disciplinary hearing: Paul Britton - press release concerning British Psychological Society Disciplinary Committee hearing of allegations of professional misconduct against a member;
25 July 2002 Imagine You're a Tiger - press release concerning an article by Aidan Moran published in The Psychologist;
26 July 2002, 6 August 2002 Disciplinary Hearing: Lisa Blakemore-Brown - press release concerning British Psychological Society Disciplinary Committee hearing of allegations of professional misconduct against a member;
23 August 2002 Disciplinary Hearing: Dr Rajinder Singh Dyal - press release concerning British Psychological Society Disciplinary Committee hearing of allegations of professional misconduct against a member;
29-30 August 2002 British Psychological Society Faculty for Children and Young People Child Clinical Psychology Conference, held at Churchill College, Cambridge - press release;
2 September 2002 Why So Shy? - press release for article Shyness and Sorted: Ecstasy, by W. Ray Crozier published in The Psychologist;
4-6 September 2002 British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology Conference, Facilitating Healthier Societies' Sheffield Hallam University and University of Sheffield
1. General release about the conference
2. Home life prevents exercise in workers (Nicola Payne, Fiona Jones, and Peter Harris) - press release
3. Getting better can be dangerous (Cheryl Haslam, Sarah Hastings, Sue Brown and Roger Haslam)- press release
4. Prostate disease and fear of GPs (Susan Hale, Sara Willott and Sarah Grogan) - press release
5. Perfectionists suffer from hopelessness (Rory O'Connor) - press release
6. Stress affects the diet of school children (by Martin Cartwright, Jane Wardle, Naomi Steggles, Alice Simon, Helen Croker and Martin Jarvis) - press release.
[see also BPS/002/4/02/06/03 Division of Health Psychology Conferences for programme]
5-6 September 2002 British Psychological Society Developmental Psychology Section Annual Conference, University of Sussex
1. When three parents can be better than one - press release for symposium;
2. Reading aloud helps children's understanding (Ana Carolina Brandão and Jane Oakhill) - press release;
3. Computer games cut hyperactivity (Rebecca Shaw) - press release
4. Urban space invaders: why hanging out is good for teenagers (Charlotte Clark) - press release
5. Computers take learning into a new era (Rosemary Luckin and Daniel Connolly) - press release
6. Scared and upset - why pupils ask for help dealing with bullying (Simon Hunter, James Boyle and David Warden);
7. Left holding the baby (Brenda Todd and Victoria Bourne) - press release
9 September 2002 Children and exercise motivation - press release for article by Martin Hagger, Nikos Chatzisarantis and Stuart Biddle published in the British Journal of Health Psychology;
9 September 2002 Coping with prison life - press release for article 'Perceptions of the environment, suicidal ideation and problem-solving deficits in an offender population' by Mairead Ni Eidhin, Noel Sheehy, Maura O'Sullivan, and Breda McLeavey published in Legal and Criminological Psychology;
9 September 2002 New insight into bullying in Irish prisons - press release for article 'The prevalence, nature and psychological correlates of bullying in Irish prisons' by Joanne Leddy and Michael O'Connell published in Legal and Criminological Psychology;
9 September 2002 Eyewitness Testimony Under Expert Pressure - press release for article 'Compliance and eye witness testimony: Do eyewitnesses comply with misleading "expert pressure" during investigative interviewing?' by Rachel Roper and David Shewan published in Legal and Criminal Psychology;
1 October 2002 Disciplinary hearing: Mercedes Reddy - press release concerning British Psychological Society Disciplinary Committee hearing of allegations of professional misconduct against a member;
1 October 2002, 10 October 2002 Disciplinary hearing: David Williams - press release concerning British Psychological Society Disciplinary Committee hearing of allegations of professional misconduct against a member;
17-18 October 2002 British Psychological Society Northern Ireland Branch Conference 'recent Developments in Forensic Psychology - general press release about the conference;
30 October 2002 Disciplinary hearing: Mr Paul Britton - press releases concerning British Psychological Society Disciplinary Committee hearing of allegations of professional misconduct against a member;
2 November 2002 British Psychological Society South West of England meeting on Identity held at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro - press release and flyer
4 November 2002 Beliefs influence health of Irritable Bowel Syndrome sufferers - press release for article 'Illness representation, coping and outcome in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)' by Claire Rutter and Derek Rutter published in the British Journal of Health Psychology;
8 November 2002 Families Living with HIV: Psychological Well-Being and Mental Health - press release concerning a meeting of the British Psychological Society HIV and Sexual Health Faculty, held at East Ham Town Hall;
11 November 2002 Psychologists Sign Up to Inclusion - press release concerning the British Psychological Society Division of Educational and Child Psychology signing up to the 'Inclusion Charter' at the launch of Inclusion Week 2002
21 November 2002 'It's good to talk' Fear Reduction of Blood and Injections - press release concerning article 'Assessing caregiving distress: A conceptual analysis and brief scale' by These are the conclusions of Naomi Oliver and Andrew Page published in the British Journal of Clinical Psychology;
21 November 2002 Assessing the Distress of Care-Givers - press release concerning article 'Assessing caregiving distress: A conceptual analysis and brief scale' by Rosanna Cousins, Ann Davies, Christopher Turnbull, and Jeremy Playfer published in the British Journal of Clinical Psychology;
23-25 November 2002 British Psychological Society Scottish Branch Annual Conference 'Developing Human Potential' held at Salutation Hotel, Perth, flyers and press releases:
1. Parenting all over again (Willy Slavin and Hugh Foot) - press release
2. Driving Diaries for Elderly Drivers (Eleni Karagiannidou) - press release
3. Predicting quality of life for individuals with chronic pain (Jacqueline O'Neil) - press release
4. Who gets cancer treatment, and who completes it? (Stan Lindsay) - press release
9 December 2002 British Psychological Society London Lectures - press release for event for A Level and undergraduate students of psychology, held at Kensington Town Hall
20 December 2002 The role of emotion in e-mail responses - press release concerning article 'The lost e-mail: Prosocial reactions induced by uniquely human emotions' by Jeroen Vaes and Jacques-Philippe Leyens published in the British Journal of Social Psychology; |