| Description | 1 July 2015 How people misunderstand stalking. Dr Simon Duff (University of Nottingham’s previous research on stalking has found that people tend to expect stalkers to be strangers rather than acquaintances or ex-partners. In reality, ex-partners are likely to be the more persistent and dangerous stalkers. Building on this, Dr Duff and colleagues examined, in a pilot study with 54 participants, how the faces of strangers, acquaintances and ex-partners that were seen as threatening or non-threatening influenced perceptions on stalking behaviour.
6 July 2015 British Psychological Society’s Division of Counselling Psychology annual conference. Keynote speakers are: Professor Markus Bidell, Hunter College, New York City: ‘Treating transgressors: Our complicated relationship with LGBT issues’; Professor Stephen Joseph, University of Nottingham: ‘Positive psychology in practice: Promoting human flourishing in Counselling Psychology’;Dr Jacqui Dillon: ‘Listen to Our Voices: The Work of the Hearing Voices Movement’
7 July 2015 Violence against women is one of the topics being discussed at the British Psychological Society Psychology of Women Section’s annual conference from the 8 -10 July, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor. Keynote speakers are: Professor Rebecca Lawthorn (Manchester Metropolitan University): ‘Women in, through, within science: Walls, ceilings, communities and colonies’; Associate Professor Ingrid Palmary (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg): ‘Gender sexuality and asylum in South Africa’; The conference will also feature presentations from Polly Neate (Chief Executive of Women’s Aid, UK) and Lara A King (Award-winning comedian).
Psychology of Women Section’s annual conference:
8 July 2015 Strong family bonds reduce anxiety in young people with lived experience of domestic violence
8 July 2015 Lifetime achievement award to Professor Glyn Humphreys, Watts Professor of Experimental Psychology and Head of Department at the University of Oxford.
14 July 2015 British Psychological Society statement on APA Hoffman Review: Following the publication of the American Psychological Association’s Independent Review Relating to APA Ethics Guidelines, National Security Interrogations and Torture, the British Psychological Society reiterates its existing position on coercive interrogation. "We condemn and repudiate such practices and repeat our longstanding and principled stance that there is an overriding ethical responsibility on all psychologists and other healthcare professionals to protect and defend fundamental human rights, and we acknowledge the extensive psychological research that concludes that torture and coercive interrogation is ineffective.
The European Federation of Psychologists' Associations has also published a statement on the Hoffman Reviews."
15 July 2015 BPS Presidents’ Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychological Knowledge awarded to Professor Matthew Lambon Ralph from the Neuroscience and Aphasia Research Unit, School of Psychological Sciences, at the University of Manchester.
22 July 2015 Psychologists of the future choose Glasgow for 30th anniversary conference.
More than 200 postgraduate psychology students are coming to Glasgow for the 30th annual conference of the Psychology Postgraduate Affairs Group (PsyPAG), which is funded by the British Psychological Society. The event takes place at the University of Glasgow from 22-24 July 2015.
27 July 2015 Mum’s the word: maternal language has strong effect on children’s social skills. Psychologists at the University of York have revealed new evidence showing how specific language used by parents to talk to their babies can help their child to understand the thoughts of others when they get older.
29 July 2015 BPS response to announcement of Government review of sickness benefit system. The Government has launched the consultation on a major review of the sickness benefit system. It will look at how payments for those with drug and alcohol addictions, or obesity problems, might be linked to therapeutic and support services. |
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