With the advances of psychotropic pharmaceuticals, the functional MRI, and more advanced psychological measures, research in psychology has become based more on experiment and observation, and better in line with the scientific method. At the same time, insurance companies and psychological service providers have become increasingly more dedicated to evidence-based practices.
What do you think this will mean for the field of Community Psychology and the practice of advocacy-based research?
Can research in Community Psychology use the same scientific advancements that benefit research in traditional psychology, why or why not?