Bamberg and Moreau also note that prior fasting experience may matter, too. Initial evidence suggests that people who have just started fasting experience more negative psychological states than ...

Recipients in the New Year Honours List have been recognised for their outstanding contributions across all parts of the UK for their work in areas including education and healthcare, and for services ...

John Bowlby (1907–1990) first attained fame – some would say notoriety – in 1951, with the publication of his monograph Maternal Care and Mental Health. In it he presented evidence that maternal care ...

Gillian Sandstrom, Senior Lecturer in the Psychology of Kindness at the University of Sussex, on her personal experience and research. I'm an introvert. Growing up, I fantasised that one day I'd live ...

The study, which took place at the Lero Esports Science Research Lab at University of Limerick, involved 88 young adults, half of whom regularly played more than seven hours of action-based video ...

Eating disorders are frequently conceptualised and talked about along gender lines: women are more likely to be diagnosed with anorexia or bulimia, while men are more likely to face stigma and go ...

In our clinical practice, we are guided by neurodiversity affirmative principles based on our understanding of the Neurodiversity Paradigm (the underlying philosophy) and Neurodiversity Movement (a ...

What is the Code of Ethics and Conduct? Under the terms of our Royal Charter, the BPS maintains a Code of Ethics and Conduct (current revision from 2009). The society's Member Conduct Rules require ...

Every few seconds, each time you blink, your retinas are deprived of visual input for a period lasting anywhere between tens to hundreds of milliseconds (500 milliseconds is equivalent to half a ...

The final report from the Cass Review, published today, makes a series of recommendations regarding the future delivery of gender identity services for children and young people. With so many children ...

During lockdown, many of us got used to working at home — and for many of us, part of that was using virtual backgrounds to avoid our colleagues seeing mess, pets, or the contents of our bedrooms. In ...

One result of the initial phases of the Covid-19 pandemic is the now widespread use of videoconferencing, even for important meetings such as job interviews and health assessments. However, note the ...