PhDs & mental health: It’s time to talk
It is common knowledge that there is a mental health crisis in graduate education – and within academia as a whole [1]. Statistically, one in two PhD students will experience…
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Guest Episode 1 – Caring for a loved one with dementia
PsychLiverpool introduces its first special guest podcast. These guest episodes include discussions between Psychologists and other professionals covering a variety of topics. In this episode, our guest host Dr Warren…
Episode 4 – Revisiting Rat Park
In this podcast, Elliot revisits the Rat Park studies with Dr Suzi Gage. These studies were at the forefront of the biopsychosocial approach to understanding addiction. The methodological benefits and…
Journal Clubs at UoL
Being a research assistant who hates bad science like a homeopathist hates good science, I’m very anxious to know that the research I’m conducting is solid, and there’s no better…
Why we Enjoy Horror Films
[Phone rings]. We are all thinking it: don’t answer the phone!Still, the protagonist ignores our desperate pleas for escape and picks up the handset. Trembling, she hears a low, insidious…
Episode 3 – Student Wellbeing and Loneliness
In episode three, Elliot speaks to Dr Minna Lyons and Dr Warren Donnellan about human experiences of loneliness and resilience with a focus on the wellbeing of University students. Listen…
Cyberpsychology – The New Frontier
Technology is increasingly omnipresent in our daily lives. Take a look around on your next train journey, coffee break or even meal out with friends and you’ll see people absorbed…
Always Look On The Bright ‘cider’ Life
PsychLiverpool will always have a very special place in my heart, right beside my darling husband and cider. The image above is us at the top of Glastonbury Tor fortified…
Episode 1 – Should drugs be legalised?
Welcome to our first PsychLiverpool Podcast. This podcast is a platform for staff and students within the Psychology department at the University of Liverpool to discuss both research and controversial…
Reflections on 45 years in Psychology at the University of Liverpool
In September this year, 2018, I retire after 45 years working in Psychology at the University of Liverpool. As one might expect, my feelings on leaving are very mixed; I…