SAGE Psychology & Psychiatry

The White Racial Affect Scale (WRAS): A Measure of White Guilt, Shame, and Negation

In this episode of The Counseling Psychologist podcast series, Editor Elect Bryan Kim interviews Patrick Grzanka, lead author of the article "The White Racial Affect Scale (WRAS): A Measure of White Guilt, Shame, and Negation". They discuss Dr. Grzanka's path ...

Reflections on Voluntary Assisted Dying in Victoria

The October 2019 Australasian Psychiatry podcast features an interview with Professor Christopher Ryan of Westmead Hospital, and Professor David Copolov of Monash University, to discuss Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD). The conversation took place the day after their involvement in a ...

Indigenous Psychiatry in Australia and New Zealand

It has been more than 50 years since the Referendum changing the Australian constitution to extend full citizenship and the right to vote to Indigenous Australians, and New Zealand was a trailblazer in extending the vote both to women and ...

JCA Podcast with Lisa Flores

In this episode of the Journal of Career Assessment podcast series, JCA Editor Ryan Duffy interviews Journal of Career Development Editor Lisa Flores about how she entered the field of vocational psychology. They also discuss Flores's new article in JCA, ...

Trainee welfare: psychiatrist, heal thyself?

The conditions facing medical trainees in general, and psychiatric trainees in particular, have changed dramatically in the last several decades. Reforms to working hours and conditions have been driven by concern that fatigued and stressed doctors make more mistakes; while ...

Relationship Matters

Relationship Matters 93 “Avoidant and defensive: Adult attachment and quality of apologies”

Perinatal psychiatry: landing safely without a parachute

In the April 2019 Australasian Psychiatry podcast Professor Phillip Boyce, Professor of Psychiatry at Sydney University speaks about the unique opportunities involved in the practice of perinatal psychiatry, as well as the barriers to research. The interview covers articles in ...

Relationship Matters 91 “Do smartphones disconnect parents from connecting with their children?”

Kostadin Kushlev (University of Virginia, USA) discusses his research which investigated whether spending time on smartphones distracts parents from connecting with their children. Posted March 2019. Read the associated article here.

Relationship Matters 90 “Does Michelangelo care about age?”

Janina Larissa Bühler (University of Basel, Switzerland) explains the Michelangelo Phenomenon and her research which explores how this framework is effected by age, looking at it across the adult life-span. Posted Feb 2019. Read the associated article here.

Relationship Matters 89 “Parenting Goals”

Bonnie M. Le (University of Toronto, Canada) discusses her research which found links between the pursuit of different parenting goals and relationship quality and the child’s emotional well-being and responsiveness . Posted Jan 2019. Read the associated article here.

Autism Matters Podcast Number 25

Robyn Steward discusses ‘The prevalence of autistic traits in a homeless population’ with one of the authors Alasdair Churchyard (UCL).

The primacy of person-centred care for patients with intellectual disability

The movement to care for people with mental illness and intellectual disability in the general community rather than in large institutions shifted the priorities of care away from minimising risk towards increasing autonomy. It was equally unsurprising that most of ...

Relationship Matters 86: “The narrative psychology of love lives”

Dr William L. Dunlop (University of California, Riverside) discusses narrative identities and his research on how love-life narratives can indicate personality traits and authenticity in the romantic domain. Posted October 2018. Read the associated article here.

Relationship Matters 84 “When ‘we’ should be ‘me’”

Relationship Matters 84 “When ‘we’ should be ‘me’”: Dr Jessica Borelli (University of California, Irvine) discusses her recent study which sought to discover how good lay people are at perceiving other peoples attachment to previous partners after their breakup with ...

Relationship Matters podcast 83 “How many hours does it take to make a friend”

Relationship Matters podcast 83 “How many hours does it take to make a friend”: Dr Jeffery Hall contextualises and explains his study on the amount of time it takes to increase closeness with people

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 81 “Nothing ventured, nothing gained: People anticipate more regret from missed romantic opportunities than from rejection”

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 81 “Nothing ventured, nothing gained: People anticipate more regret from missed romantic opportunities than from rejection”: Dr Samantha Joel talks about her study on the conflict between the anticipated regret from rejection and the anticipated regret ...

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 80 “Partners’ attachment insecurity predicts greater physiological threat in anticipation of attachment-relevant interactions”

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 80 “Partners’ attachment insecurity predicts greater physiological threat in anticipation of attachment-relevant interactions”: Dr Brett Peter discusses his study which sought to discover whether anticipating interacting with a partner higher in attachment insecurity predicted greater physiological ...

Therapeutic nihilism and youth suicide

The April 2018 podcast features Professor Helen Christensen, Director and Chief Scientist at the Black Dog Institute, a prominent Australian Non-Government Organisation dedicated to the identification, prevention, and treatment of mental illness. Professor Christensen leads the Digital Dog team, which ...

Addiction Psychiatry and Manufactured Epiphanies‬

The February 2018 podcast interviews Dr Mark Daglish, Director of Addiction Psychiatry at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. Dr Daglish has been involved in research into the neurochemistry of craving, the role of craving in relapse, and brief interventions for ...

Podcast 77

Dr Angela Neal talks about how anger builds within a relationship as people project their own attraction towards other people onto their partners’ and how this projection alters their perceptions of their partner’s attraction to others; increasing the perceived threat ...

Mediating assertive care and paternalism in old age psychiatry – An interview with Gary Cheung

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 75 “Responses to intimate partners to attempts to change”

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 75 “Responses to intimate partners to attempts to change”: Dr Kieran Sullivan talks about her recent paper on her research on the effectiveness of intimate partners’ attempts to influence health behaviour through social control

PWQ: "White Female Bystanders' Responses to a Black Woman at Risk for Incapacitated Sexual Assault"

Psychology of Women Quarterly editor Mary Brabeck interviews Psychology professor Dr. Jennifer Katz on the published article "White Female Bystanders' Responses to a Black Woman at Risk for Incapacitated Sexual Assault." This podcast examines the question "who intervenes to help ...

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 72 “Cognitive processes underlying the self-other perspective in women’s judgements of sexual victimisation risk”

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 72 “Cognitive processes underlying the self-other perspective in women’s judgements of sexual victimisation risk”: Dr Jenny Rinehart discusses her study on how women perceive risk of sexual victimisation for themselves and for others and the cognitive ...

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 71 “What does it mean to feel loved?”

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 71 “What does it mean to feel loved?”: Dr Saeideh Heshmati of Pennsylvania State University, explains the findings of her recent study on individual and shared opinions on what makes people feel loved using cultural consensus ...