The December 2011 issue of the Quarterly is available for download in .PDF form here.
In this issue, Steven Caldwell Brown has some advice about maintaining a good work/life balance during your PhD, and Professor Mark Griffiths offers some tips on writing grant applications, while Thomas Dunn gives you the low-down on the statistical package R, which is gaining popularity over SPSS and other packages. We have an insightful article by Lucy Czwartos and Paul Worthington about the importance of interpretation in mental health practice, and a review by Katherine Wheat of a “Writing for Publication” workshop, along with one by Nesrin Gokcen who attended the 12 European Congress of Psychology. Rebecca Harris looks at loneliness and health, and Kate Doran plays host to Phil Loring, the curator of Psychology at the Science Museum in London, in the first of a series of profiles on people in psychology. Dr Carly Simon Jim talks about the importance of publishing during your PhD, Catherine Gardiner reviews a symposium on the potential benefits and detriments on cognitive performance of various naturally-occurring substances, and Michael Richards examines the contribution of disability studies and community psychology to research and intervention design.