The Psychologist (magazine)


The Psychologist is the monthly publication of the British Psychological Society. It provides a forum for communication, discussion and controversy among all members of the society and helps it promote the advancement and diffusion of a knowledge of psychology, pure and applied. The Psychologist is read by more than 50,000 members in print, and many non-members read the online version. It was launched in 1988, incorporating the existing Bulletin of the British Psychological Society. The 2016 issues are volume 29.
Dr Jon Sutton, who joined the Society in March 2000, from a psychology lectureship at Glasgow Caledonian University, is the Managing Editor.

Criticism

In March 2020, Dennis Relojo-Howell, founder of the psychology website Psychreg, said that the magazine had "consistently push left-wing types of agendas", explaining: "For instance, in the run-up to Brexit, views which opposed it regularly appeared in the magazine. There are also a number of articles that demonise Trump – I noticed these things because I am both pro-Brexit and pro-Trump." In response, Jon Sutton explained that: social justice content is a separate issue from the perceived ‘left wing’ bias.'