| Description | Press releases and statements of the British Psychological Society BPS, September 2020.
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3 September 2020 Children share experiences of lockdown and offer their tips for coping - Release promoting a DECP produced video. The video features children and psychologists relecting on their experiences of lockdown, including sheilding and returning to school.
4 September 2020 Addressing anxiety in the return to work following the Covid-19 pandemic - Release promoting a guidance document created by the BPS Covid-19 Working Differently task group entitled 'Covid-19 related anxiety and distress in the workplace: A guide for employers and employees'. This document presents a psychologically informed approach called SHARE, developed for the guidance to help employers and employees deal with Covid-19 related anxiety and distress, as well as adapt and thrive in the new ways of working. SHARE stands for: SAFE working: Assessing risk in the workplace, HELP yourself and others: Communicating and meeting needs, ADAPT to change: Diverse workplace situations and adjusting to the ‘new normal’, RELIEVE the pressure: Helping yourself and others to adapt and cope and EVALUATE: Review the situation regularly to ensure ongoing success.
7 September 2020 Clinical psychology in GP surgeries improves care and should be more widely available, says new report - Release promoting a joint report from the BPS and Centre for Mental Health entitled 'Clinical Psychology in primary care'. This report explores real life examples of psychologists working in GP surgeries and communities. It finds that they help people the NHS often struggles to support with mental health issues. The report explores two different ways of providing psychology in primary care. In one model, psychologists (working in GP surgeries in Catterick, Ludlow and Telford), offer short appointments to anyone without the need for a referral. In the other, a specialist service in Bradford supports people with complex physical and mental health difficulties, working alongside GPs to provide long-term psychological support. The report also looks at Project Future, a community psychology service working with young people in Haringey. All these approaches help to fill gaps in existing health services, providing accessible and effective mental health help in places people feel safe and close to home. Clinical psychology in primary care finds that offering psychological support in communities has both therapeutic and financial benefits. It helps to meet the needs of people who for too long have missed out on effective help and should be more routinely available in primary care.
7 September 2020 New BPS guidelines to help adherence to self-isolation - Release promoting a guidance document produced by the BPS Behavioural Science and Disease Prevention taskforce entitled 'Encouraging self-isolation to prevent the spread of Covid-19'. The document seeks to share recommendations to help the public, health workers and test and trace call handlers appreciate the importance of self-isolation and practical ways to achieve this.
8 September 2020 Professor Robert Plomin receives 2020 BPS Lifetime Achievement Award - Release promoting the awarding of Professor Robert Plomin the 2020 BPS Lifetime Achievement Award. Professor Plomin was recognised for his work on genetics and genomics in the area of psychological development. He is noted as beening instrumental in developing our understanding of the relationship between genetics, early development and educational achievement.
8 September 2020 Psychological therapy innovator wins BPS President's Award - Release promoting the awarding of Professor Daniel Freeman the BPS Research Board Presidents' Award. Professor Freeman was recognised for his work on understanding and treating psychosis, including using innovative methods, such as virtual reality.
10 September 2020 Webinar - Should some psychologists have the option to prescribe medication? - Release promoting a forthcoming BPS live webinar hosted by Claudia Hammond entitled 'Should some psychologists have prescribing rights?'. The webinar will feature psychologists debating the pros and cons of professionals training to prescribe or deprescribe medication.
14 September 2020 Psychologists release advice for employers to support staff who have been shielding - Release promoting guidance produced by BPS entitled 'Supporting adults who are
or have been shielding: Guidance for employers and managers'. This document seeks to give practical recommendations for employers to ensure staff can meaningfully contribute while feeling safe and supported, whether working back in the office or from home, and ensure positive outcomes for staff, employrs, and businesses.
21 September 2020 New BPS Learn system launches - Release promoting BPS Learn, a new online learning platform and online site for BPS qualifications. BPS learn allows the user to take courses and view webinars, produced by psychologists, for the benefit of their professional development. The site is open to all, but has discounts available for BPS members;
23 September 2020 Report reveals a lack of mental health support for skin disease patients - Release promoting a new report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Skin entitled ‘Mental Health and Skin Disease’. The report surveyed skin patients, clinicians and representatives of dermatology organisations and sought to investigate patient understanding around psychodermatology. The report illustrates the significant mental health impacts of skin conditions.
24 September 2020 Webinar: Understanding depression - offering new perspectives - Release promoting a webinar to be held on Friday 9th October launching a new BPS report 'Understanding Depression'. This report brings together the psychological research on depression and sources of evidence from outside psychology, and argues that we should look at depression as a human experience affected by society and culture as opposed to ‘an illness’;
25 September 2020 New BPS Community Action and Resilience group launched - Release promoting a new BPS working group. The Community Action and Resilience group will seek to understand the ways in which communities responded to the effects of Covid-19. |
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