"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.

"For too long people with both mental health and substance use conditions have faced fragmented services, long waits, and exclusion from treatment. The new framework sets out national priorities and ...

Takeaway 1: Know the skills you want to gain, focus on roles that offer them, and stay open to different opportunities.

A parasocial relationship is where someone forms a one-sided connection with another person, where the feelings, interactions, sense of connection or intimacy are not reciprocated. If someone is ...

Models of social cognition generally portray people as being rational decision-makers, who will often weigh up options before deciding how to act, note the authors of a recent paper in Psychology and ...

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 ...

Whether happiness comes from within or is shaped more by our circumstances remains a topic of ongoing debate. In recent years, researchers and policymakers have leaned toward a 'bi-directional' view, ...

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 ...

Do we evaluate gossipers from our own social circles differently to those outside of them? And how do our own traits temper our reactions towards those who gossip? These are the questions posed by ...