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The article discusses the Emotional Development (ED) approach in intellectual disability (ID) through the case example of Mr A, a middle-aged man living in residential care. The ED approach focuses on understanding emotional development in individuals with ID, emphasizing the importance of considering emotional needs alongside intellectual and adaptive functioning. The article outlines the stages of emotional development, provides recommendations for caregivers based on developmental stages, and compares the ED approach with Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) as a potential alternative treatment approach. The ED approach aims to improve the quality of care for individuals with ID by focusing on emotional development, attachment relationships, and family-style care. [Extracted from the article]

Born and brought up in Bristol, Gemma developed an interest in working with people with intellectual disability through a support role in a residential care home. Gemma leaves a young adult daughter Hannah, who is at medical school, following in Gemma's footsteps with an NHS career ahead. Gemma was a well-liked and deeply respected clinical psychologist, active both locally and nationally, with particular impact on promoting the human rights of people with intellectual disability. [Extracted from the article]

The article explores the use of art in improving mental health. Topics discussed include gap between mental illness as disease and mental illness; mental suffering to find creative power; and ways in which artistic representations of mental illness can increase understanding and empathy for those who are ill.

A wide range of potions, pills and other therapies are prescribed every day in a bid to remedy the vast array of physical and mental disorders afflicting the British public. Many of these treatments come with a range of unpleasant, not to mention, costly, side-effects. But could the solution be simpler than this? Might our pets, for example, offer a slightly less bitter pill to swallow? This article explores the evidence for animals being able to promote human wellbeing, and examines whether or not they have a role to play in modern health care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on the achievements of the British Psychological Society in 2017. It mentions that the Society have been a driving force behind perinatal mental health's charter, a moratorium on using psychiatric drugs for people having intellectual disabilities, a charter for mental health professions on workplace wellbeing and the call for a 24-hour helpline for people who struggle to withdraw from prescription drug dependence.

The article focuses on the mental health services across United Nations for abuse of people with intellectual, cognitive and psychosocial disabilities, and persons with autism. It mentions the working of Dainius Pūras, a psychiatrist from Lithuania, regarding the development of mental health solutions in association with psychiatrists and psychologists. It also presents the views of Peter Kinderman, from University of Liverpool, on the same.

The article provides information on history of the Leicestershire County Lunatic Asylum in Leicestershire, England. It states that the asylum was opened on May 10, 1837. It says that religious beliefs influenced the lives of most of the admitted patients in the asylum. It adds that the asylum remained being a house of cure, considering the positive things that continued to happen around its walls until its closure.

One in four people will experience a mental health problem in any given year. Of those, the vast majority will not receive any psychological or pharmacological help. Even when psychological help is received, it frequently lacks a strong scientific basis. This article describes the extent of the problem in the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based psychological therapies and examines some of the solutions proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the move of the mental health charity Mind to launch a manifesto that calls the next government to make six commitments to helping people with mental health problems in Great Britain.

The article discusses the study conducted by researchers P. J. Henry, Sarah Butler and Mark Brandt on the most offensive word think by over 200 college students. The study found most common slurs including mentally disabled, obese people and gay people which had average status below five on the nine-point scale. The study also revealed a strong negative correlation between perceived status and offensiveness. It suggests that slurs directed against European-Americans were seen less significant.

The article provides information on the responses from various organizations on the consultation process of the British Psychological Society (BPS). It notes that the new Tribunal System for Scotland has made recommendations to protect the rights of mentally disabled people. It mentions how the Department of Health has underestimated the challenges in transferring the public health role to local authorities. The association between social interference and psoriasis is also emphasized.

The article announces that the Croydon memory Clinic, a part of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) has been awarded with the best evidence-based psychosocial intervention for people with dementia and caregivers.

The article reports on the announcement of Scottish Minister for Public Health regarding the investment in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Scotland. It is revealed that the investment of CAMHS has reached £1 million in 2009. The funds will be spent on increasing the specialist workforce in the region. It is expected that the fund will translate an increase of 80 psychologists by 2012, along with a parallel growth in the number of psychiatrists.

The article reports on the popularity of psychological health as recognized by several policy makers in Great Britain. It mentions the relevance of mental health in dealing and treating people with various psychological problems. Meanwhile, it notes the publication of "Realising Ambitions," by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), where it connotes support for individuals who are succumbed to psychological problems.

The article describes some of the problems caused by psychiatric diagnosis and clinical language in people with mental disabilities and describes ways to work clinically with people experiencing severe emotional distress without using psychiatric diagnosis. Two of the side effects of diagnosis are hopelessness and depression. A treatment model that emphasizes an atmosphere of acceptance, understanding, optimism and hope has been found to be more effective.

Presents a discussion on the effect of primary mental health care to general practitioners of mental health services. Collaboration of the University of Birmingham and the Heart of Birmingham Primary Care Trust to evaluate the effectiveness of the new service on the need for extra input into primary care mental health services; Most common diagnosis on a variety of mental health problems; Benefit of people with common mental health problems on general practitioners.

The article reports on the awards evening held by the psychology programme "All in the Mind" at the Welcome Collection in London, England. It states that the program recognizes individuals, groups, and professionals who have significantly helped those facing with mental health challenges. It mentions the winners in different categories including Pat Rose, Steve McDonagh, and the LGBT support group MindOut.

The article focuses on the mental health strategy services in England. It says that the strategy stresses the value of seeing people as human beings who experience distress and need help once in a while. It states psychologists' commitment to guarantee everyone's access to evidence-based psychological treatment. Moreover, Policy Director of the Division of Clinical Psychology John Hanna acknowledged the Coalition Government's response to the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme.

The author presents her views about working with carers. She discusses how to ensure optimal carer involvement in mental health service provision. She encourages those working with carers to audit their services. She argues that the results of the audit revealed that carers were feeling involved in the care that the person they were caring for was receiving.

The article provides information on an analysis by Matthew Large and colleagues stating that the number of murders in Great Britain committed by mentally ill people has been falling steadily since the late 1970s. Between 1957 and 1979, rates of homicide due to mental disorder rose. However, homicides due to mental disorder have fallen consistently since 1979 due to an improved detection of mental illness.

The article reports on the launching of the web site www.nhs.uk as the British National Health Services (NHS) Choices online service for patients. The site, written by mental health specialists, including psychologists from the Department of Health and mental health facilities, offers articles and guides for people suffering from mental health problems.

The article presents the research of the World Health Organization that explores the need to consider the presence of depression when patients present a chronic physical condition. The research shows that people with depression have poorer health than those with chronic physical conditions, while people with these two conditions have the worst health of all. Meanwhile, it notes that the research was made possible by using 245,404 participants from 60 countries.

Looks into chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, one of the most common genetic sources of mental retardation in children. Exhibition of a delay in early cognitive, motor and language development; Identification of the physical manifestations of the syndrome; Reduction of a child's brain by eight to ten percent relative to healthy controls.

Focuses on the report published by several autism-related organizations calling for more research into the causes of the disorder and success of different interventions in Great Britain. Organizations behind the compelling report; Need for greater emphasis on research into the causes of autism; Establishment of an electronic network of scientists in the autism field.

Looks at the calls made by the Great Britain-based Making Decisions Alliance on the need for legislation to help people who may not have the mental capacity to make decisions and the professionals who come into contact with them. Groups lobbying the government to introduce mental capacity legislation by November 2003.

Reports on the recognition of MENCAP'S 'Trans-active,' a multi-media project that helps young people with learning disabilities to take control of their lives in Great Britain.

A calendar of conferences and events organised by British Psychological Society (BPS) Conferences in England from January 7-September 18, 2015 is presented which includes conferences on forensic psychology, counselling psychology, and for people with intellectual disabilities.

Those with food allergy do not suffer from symptoms day-to-day but they do live continually with the risk of a severe or life-threatening allergic reaction. A freely available online food allergy educational programme was developed for parents (www.cofargroup.org), and has increased the number of correct steps for Adrenaline Auto- Injector activation, and decreased the number of allergic reactions (Sicherer et al., 2012). Given CBT's excellent evidence base for a range of mental health issues, I sought to investigate whether it was a suitable therapy for food allergy in a pilot study with mothers recruited from allergy clinics (Knibb, 2015). As a Health Psychologist working in research and practice around allergy since 1995, it has become clear to me that food allergy is quite unique as a long-term condition, in its presentation and management…. [Extracted from the article]

After taking a year out to work with the Gemini Trust during Ethiopia's famine of the late 80s and early 90s, and a (happily) failed attempt at becoming an optician, Becky Milne ended up at Portsmouth Polytechnic studying psychology. After working on her third-year dissertation with Bull, Milne began a PhD with him in 1992 exploring police interviewing of vulnerable witnesses. Given the number of terrorist attacks that have happened in recent years Milne began looking at the interview strategies used by the Metropolitan Police, Greater Manchester Police and British Transport Police, to look for commonalities. [Extracted from the article]

The article explores the psychological and philosophical aspects of the magic. Topics discussed include information on the study of magic for study the understanding of perception and consciousness; discussions on the using magical tricks for exploring the human mind; and the information on the controlling the mind through the magician’s force.

Alison is working within the British Psychological Society to set up accreditation of coaching psychology courses and recognition for coaches. She is an enthusiastic promoter of the Society ("Getting more involved was one of the best things I ever did"); a very clear thinker about what psychology is and should be; and she's a coaching psychologist and Chair of the Practice Board. We want to replace this with a division for coaching psychology, which can create a career pathway for coaching psychologists up to chartered status that the public recognise as a quality assurance mark. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents an interview with Josep Call, Professor in Evolutionary Origins of Mind at the University of St Andrews, who tells about his encounter with first non-human ape, Dognition and the film Jane about the anthropologist Jane Goodall. He describes the status of primate research these days.

The article announces New Year Honours awards for psychologists including Professor Paul Webley, director of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, Professor Jan Burns, head of the School ofPsychology, Politics and Sociology at Canterbury Christ Church University and Susan Hallam, Professor of Education and Music Psychology at the Institute of Education, University of London.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Autism - myth and reality" in the October 2014 issue.

The article presents a speech by Peter Kinderman, delivered at the Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society held in Brighton, England in May 2017. Topics included role of behavioral scientist in the civil rights movement, racism, unemployment, continuous economic crisis, impact of policies of austerity and Brexit. INSET: Our turbulent minds.

The article offers information on the 36-page document "Neuroscience and the Law," by the Royal Society in Great Britain. It notes that the document is the latest in the ongoing brain waves programme that charts the rising influence of neuroscience evidence in courts of law. In addition, articles from professors Alan Baddeley, Barry Everitt and Nicholas Mackintosh are also included in the issue.

The article announces recipients of recognition to several psychologists in Great Britain who contributed in the field of mental discipline including professors Glynis Breakwell, Trevor Robbins and Dianne Berry.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Usefulness of the autism label" by professor Rita Jordan in February 2015 issue.

The article discusses the Lancashier Care Foundation Trust (LCFT), Great Britain where smoking is not allowed and also includes about the recent conference of LCFT which is being put to vote for occupational and health service.

The article announces John Oates, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education & Language Studies at The Open University, England, has been awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Child protection and the Rotherham abuse scandal" in the October 2014 issue.

The article offers information on the ongoing challenges related to HIV in Great Britain. It informs that with medical advancements HIV is now considered to be a chronic medical condition rather than the fatal illness. It mentions that Great Britain is paying focus on towards improving its mental health with main focus on HIV.

The article discusses how learning disability is being defined. It mentions the three core criteria followed by the British Psychological Society (BPS) in defining learning disability, which include the intelligence quotient (IQ) level, significant impairment of social/adaptive functioning, and onset's age before childhood. Meanwhile, it examines the reliability of the IQ score cut-off point.

The article focuses on the significance of cartographic sketches of criminals in Great Britain. It highlights the need to yield a visual likeness to identify and convict the perpetrators. It states that the nature of facial memory has intrigued the psychologists driven by the fact that human memory has been compromised by the passage of time. The development of EvoFIT which has been inspired by the natural processes of selection and breeding is also emphasized.

An interview with Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Gisli Gudjonsson is presented. When asked about his experience as a detective with the Reykjavik Criminal Investigation Department, he replied that the department laid his interest in forensic psychology and false confessions. He reflected on change in attitudes among the British judiciary, police officers and colleagues, which was fundamental to all the other changes.

The article focuses on the significant role of psychologists on drug prescription in England. Topics discussed include the consideration of psychologists as drug prescribers, their impact on the reduction of health inequality, their training options to increase awareness, the reduction of antipsychotic drug use, and the debate on psychologists' role on drug prescription.