"It is really encouraging to see the Welsh Government backing the new mental health courses for football clubs on offer from Mind Cymru and UK Coaching. Any resources that can help improve support for ...
The BPS's campaign for improved mental health support for released academy footballers has featured in a new BBC iPlayer documentary What Happens When Football Isn't Forever . BPS chartered member Dr ...
A new study led by BPS member Professor Oliver Robinson at Regent’s University in London studied over 2,200 people aged between 18-29 from across eight nations.
It’s been another busy and productive month for the BPS Policy and Public Affairs team, so let’s dive straight in.
As Age UK releases statistics on older people spending Christmas alone, BPS member Mhairi Bowe explains the psychological impacts of loneliness - and the support that’s available.
Takeaway 1: Know the skills you want to gain, focus on roles that offer them, and stay open to different opportunities.
We are a remarkably cooperative species (at least, on the whole), capable of working together to everybody's benefit. Research into the cognitive and emotional underpinnings of this has pointed to ...
Though low mood is the best-known symptom of depression, indecisiveness and biased thinking are also common. But these problems, which can lead to delays in making important choices — and being more ...
Delusions — fixed, false beliefs that cannot be changed by evidence — are a key symptom of many psychotic disorders. Diagnostic manuals like the DSM-5 group them into broad categories, with recurring ...
According to a well-known proverb, patience is a virtue. According to a recent study in the Personality and Social Psychology Review, though, it's actually a coping mechanism that we employ to stop ...
Online spaces currently leave a lot to be desired in terms of safeguarding. Of particular note, the past few years have seen a surge in misogynistic content, and the normalisation of harmful views ...
We are constantly bombarded with the message that certain body types are particularly sexually desirable. Previous research, however, has consistently found that we're not really that good at knowing ...