This year’s report on the trends emerging in the psychology field features areas where psychologists’ research and interventions are transforming patient care, as well as emerging areas that have the potential to change psychology itself. Not surprisingly, several of this year’s trends focus on technology.
- Climate change is our call to action
- The rise of non-drug pain treatment
- A growing demand for sport psychologists
- A greater role in nutritional health
- Re-envisioning long-term care
- Shining a spotlight on equity
- Big data gets bigger
- Designing smarter tech tools
- Treating the misuse of digital devices
- The ascent of digital therapies