Psychological intervention helps incapacity benefit claimants get back to work. Findings of a South Yorkshire study will be presented today, 15th January 2010 at the British Psychological Society Division of Occupational Psychology Annual Conference in Brighton...
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January 16, 2010
Counselling Skills Could Help Clergy Cope - British Psychological Society
Training in counselling skills could help members of the clergy better cope with the emotional demands of their work. This is the finding of a study presented today, 15th January 2010 at the British Psychological Society Division of Occupational Psychology Annual Conference in Brighton...
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January 14, 2010
Tight Pockets, Tight Fists - Downturn In Profits, Upturn In Bullying - British Psychological Society
Impact Consulting Business Psychologists will host a professional forum on how organisations can manage workplace bullying on 14th January 2010 at the British Psychological Society Division of Occupational Psychology Annual Conference. Prior to the recession, costs of workplace bullying to society were estimated at £13.75 billion in 2007...
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Psychologists Focus On Work At Brighton Conference - British Psychological Society
More than 300 psychologists from around the UK and further afield are meeting in Brighton on 13th January 2010 for the British Psychological Society Division of Occupational Psychology Annual Conference. This year's event features keynote speeches from Will Hutton, Executive Vice Chair of The Work Foundation and Dr...
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Psychologists Help Long-term Unemployed Get Back To Work - British Psychological Society
Psychologists will share the success of their ground-breaking back-to-work programme for the long term unemployed, Skills4Success, today, 13th January 2010, at the British Psychological Society's Division of Occupational Psychology Annual Conference in Brighton...
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September 15, 2009
Baby See, Sometimes Baby Do: Babies Decide When To Imitate You
Babies are smart imitators; they mimic your actions only when it helps them learn something new. These are the findings that Natasha Kirkham and Rachel Wu, both at Birkbeck College, University of London, and Ellen Markman, Stanford University, USA, presented at the British Psychological Society Division of Developmental Psychology Annual Conference on Thursday 10 September 2009.
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September 12, 2009
Faith Blinds People To Health Outcome
Belief in faith healing could jeopardise recovery from illness. This is the finding of a study presented today, 10th September 2009, at the British Psychological Society's Division of Health Psychology annual conference being held at Aston University, Birmingham. Professor Tony Cassidy from the University of Ulster said: "For medical treatment to be most effective patients should follow medic
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Feelings Of Belonging Affect School Children
The extent to which a child feels they belong at home, school and in the community may impact on their physical health as well as their psychological well-being. This is the finding of a paper presented at the British Psychological Society's Division of Health Psychology annual conference at Aston University, today, 10th September 2009. The study was carried out by Fiona Begen and Dr Julie Turn
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July 12, 2009
Impact Of Childbearing On Women’s Body Image Investigated
A psychologist who investigated the effects of childbearing on women's body image will present her findings at the British Psychological Society's Division of Counselling Psychology annual conference, held at the University of Warwick. Dr Elena Gil-Rodriguez from London Metropolitan University said: "Pregnancy and the year following birth bring major transformations to a woman's body, and the
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