At present, Europe and the United States are the forefront of the world's psychological research, especially in the United States, the psychological counseling industry is booming, psychology has a high degree of service to society, and practitioners are highly respected by the public. At home, ancient thinkers in China explored psychological phenomena thousands of years ago, such as Confucius, Mencius, Laozi and other famous thinkers. The research on psychological phenomena in China continued until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but unfortunately, ancient Chinese psychological thoughts did not develop into a scientific theoretical research system, and the embryonic form of domestic scientific psychology was formed only after the introduction of western psychological research into China. Compared with western psychology, domestic psychology started late and developed for a short time, and there is still a big gap with European and American countries, but it has also made some achievements.
First, the state pays more and more attention to it.
Our government pays more and more attention to psychology, which can be seen from some major policies of the country in recent years. In 20 16, the Central Committee and the State Council issued the Outline of Healthy China 2030 Plan, which gave strategic attention to mental health from the national level for the first time. In 20 18, the National Health and Health Commission and other departments 10 issued the Notice on Printing and Distributing the Pilot Work Plan for the Construction of the National Social Psychological Service System, proposing to improve the social psychological service network and provide psychological services for all kinds of people. On 20 19, the State Council and the Health and Wellness Commission launched the "Healthy China Action (20 19-2030)", proposing that by 2022 and 2030, residents' mental health literacy level will be raised to 20% and 30%.
Second, the improvement of psychological nationality.
In recent years, on the one hand, the income level of Chinese residents has improved, and more and more attention has been paid to their psychological needs. The fast-paced working life has also caused many psychological problems. On the other hand, the progress of science and technology facilitates people to search and consult relevant psychological information. The state's recognition of psychology is increasing year by year, especially in recent years, psychology has changed its cold-blooded past and become more and more popular. According to the data provided by One Psychology, the number of product views of One Psychology platform "Life Q&A Hall Community" increased by 525% from 20 17 to 20 19, and it is expected to exceed 25 million in the whole year. Faced with psychological problems, more people no longer "avoid illness and avoid medical treatment" and begin to adjust through psychological counseling and self-acquisition of information.
Baidu search index shows that the psychological consultation search index has increased significantly in the past two years, especially in 20 19, reaching a peak of more than 20,000, and the information index even reached a peak of 300,000+in the same period. With the ravages of COVID-19 in 2020, people are facing many derivative problems, such as career obstruction and family problems. Many people pay more attention to psychological problems than in previous years, and more and more people pay attention to the field of psychological counseling. In 2020, there will be a small peak of hot word search for "psychological counseling". Among them, developed cities and coastal cities such as Beishangguangshen and Shenzhen are the main search areas, and the search crowd is mainly young people. It can be seen that with the growth of this group of young people, the prospect of domestic psychology developing into American psychological industry in the future is foreseeable.
Where there is demand, there will be service. Accordingly, many hospitals have set up psychiatric departments, and people have begun to attach importance to school mental health education and set up special posts. Although it still can't really play a role, it is still a good start. Generally speaking, the real demand is still increasing and the consumer demand is relatively insufficient, but it has been greatly improved.
Third, employment channels are getting wider and wider.
Judging from the employment situation, hospitals pay more and more attention to psychological assessment, and some enterprises and institutions are also recruiting relevant personnel in psychology. In addition, with the popularity of the media, there are also public platforms with a large number of fans, such as simple psychology and simple psychology. Although the employment scope of psychology practitioners is still relatively narrow compared with other industries, there are already more choices, especially in first-tier cities, the recognition of psychology has been very high, and more and more units and individuals are willing to accept psychology. When I graduated, I went to a state-owned enterprise in a second-tier city to apply for a job. The reason for my refusal was that the subject was too partial and there was no suitable position. Then I went to Shanghai, where I met a graduate majoring in psychology. She works in a very famous state-owned enterprise in Shanghai. It can be seen that although psychology is still a discipline in second-and third-tier cities and its acceptance is not high, it is already a promising major in first-tier cities.
However, we should also see the opposite side. First, the domestic mental health service system is not perfect and there is a serious shortage of professionals. Second, the conditions for applying for the domestic psychological counselor certificate are relaxed, and the entry threshold is not clear. Many teachers who have several years' working experience in other disciplines are required by the school to conduct textual research, which leads to mixed professionals. Even a small number of professionals may give up working in psychology because of the lack of sustainable growth path and low return rate, which goes back to the first point. Foreign countries have high requirements for psychological counselors. In the United States, for example, psychological counseling professionals must have a doctorate in philosophy and a doctorate in education. This high demand will inevitably bring a team of high-quality psychological counseling practitioners. In foreign countries, psychological counselors, psychotherapists, lawyers and doctors have the same high social status, which is also a place that needs to be surpassed in China.
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Finally, talk about the research status.
There are many psychological research institutions in China, and there are also a few universities offering psychology majors. 1980 the Chinese psychological society has joined international union of psychological science, and has carried out many long-term cooperation with advanced countries in psychology in Europe and America, especially in the last decade. This in itself is a good thing that contributes to the progress and development of the psychology industry in China, but the low-level cooperation is still criticized. Of course, there are also needed goods and * * *.
At present, brain science research is regarded as the frontier in the field of psychology in China, while educational psychology and applied psychology are insufficient. On the one hand, cognitive psychology in China started earlier and made some achievements, but it also led to a large number of people and funds flowing to the research of brain science, cognitive neuroscience and other projects, and there was no manpower and funds to study other disciplines. On the other hand, compared with other disciplines, psychology and social sciences have low realization value and are not taken seriously in today's fast-paced development of the whole society. For example, it is easy to apply for millions of funds for research in biology and physics projects, while psychology can only apply for tens of thousands of funds. However, it is possible to run out of funds by sending a questionnaire with more people, which of course becomes a vicious circle. This also makes China even comparable to Europe and America in some respects, but some research is not deep enough, and it is still in the initial stage of introducing foreign achievements.
In addition, from the perspective of research methods, due to various input and time cost constraints, there are more cross-sectional studies with short time span, less longitudinal studies with more time consumption, more quantitative studies and less exploratory qualitative studies, which need to be solved in future research.
Although domestic psychology has been listed as one of the key development disciplines in the 2 1 century by the Ministry of Science and Technology, nothing can be done overnight, and the development of psychology in China still has a long way to go. Of course, China has a vast territory, rich resources and a large population base, and has natural advantages in psychological research. With the development of economic globalization and intelligent technology, it will inevitably bring a series of new social and economic problems. Society and people need more psychological practitioners to solve these problems, and psychology is bound to receive more attention.
To sum up, the author suggests that we can start with systematic psychological knowledge and enrich ourselves to cope with the future trend. At present, the domestic market of related psychology majors is mixed, and various psychology degree programs are dazzling. Applied psychology is an indispensable branch in the development of psychology, and the principles of applied psychology can be well applied to various industries. California Integrated University is well-known in the field of psychology. In recent years, they have set up a master's program in applied psychology for China people. The learning content caters to the local needs of China and pays attention to practice, which is very practical.