Do you see any change in psychology from the past couple of years?

Question: Do you see any change in psychology from the past couple of years?

Asked by anon-315993 on 14 Mar 2022.
- Jamie Chan answered on 14 Mar 2022:
  
  This is a fantastic question. I think the field of psychology has definitely changed in the past few years, especially the field of social psychology. More and more scientists have started pushing for gender inclusivity and decolonialisation (moving away from studying about White psychologists only in their syllabus and including more diverse people in research).
- Hannah Howman answered on 14 Mar 2022:
  
  I agree with Jamie in that there has definitely been a shift in psychology in terms of gender inclusivity and decolonisation. I think there has definitely been a push in EDI (equality, diversity, and inclusion) which was definitely needed.
- Reece Bush-Evans answered on 14 Mar 2022:
  
  I agree with Jamie and Hannah. I think that there has been a push towards transparency within psychology. That is, making sure that the research findings can be replicated and are reliable. This also relates to changes in the statistics used to identify if something is significant or not.
- Nadine Mirza answered on 17 Mar 2022:
  
  The others have given really great answers- psychology has definitely started to include a more diverse range of people through equality, diversity and inclusion (though there’s definitely a long way to go!). Lots of psychologists are focusing on making sure therapies and research focus on people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds, which didn’t used to happen before.
  
  There’s also a big push to make research more available to the public- writing clearly, sharing research in lots of different ways to as many people as we can. Still a long way to go but now everyone can get a piece of science- it’s not locked up in labs.
  
  We also get to see how new technology is changing human minds, human behaviour and psychology overall. There’s a whole division now on cyber psychology.
- Sophie Callis answered on 18 Mar 2022:
  
  I work in a hospital, so the last couple of years in the pandemic have brought about some big changes in how we work!
  
  Many of us have started offering therapy over Zoom or other video calling platforms. This started when we were in lockdown, but continued as we had to socially distance. We’ve also recognised that it has benefits outside the pandemic – people who live far away can still have therapy sessions without paying for travel, and people who might feel very anxious about leaving the house or going to a therapy office can get started with therapy, learn some coping skills, and work their way up to doing what they want to do.
  
  I’ve also seen a lot more funding for psychologists to work in hospitals, especially in intensive care units (ICU) and the new long-COVID services.
  
  I think we as a society have also really seen how hard NHS staff work and how stressful it can be, so I’ve also seen more psychology services set up to help NHS staff with the stresses they face at work
- Michelle Newman answered on 18 Mar 2022:
  
  Psychology is so interesting because it is continuously evolving. In my work, there is a lot of attention being given to how technology can be used to help assess and treat patients. This was happening before the covid pandemic, but it has really exploded in the last couple of years, looking at how we can carry out our work virtually that we always used to do in-person. I think this is really important, as it will mean that people who live a long way from specialists can have better access. It also means for people who have additional health concerns and visiting a busy healthcare centre might actually be more risky for them can potentially receive treatment in a much safer environment for them.

Question: Do you see any change in psychology from the past couple of years?

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