Time is undefinable inside the Stockholm Concert Hall on the 10th of December - Viking-style tables stretch across the room, seating hundreds upon hundreds of polite, laughing ladies and gentlemen dressed as if attending a yearly ball in the 1800's, making small-talk while they await the king to present the prizes for new technology. This is the Nobel Prize, congratulations, you made it.
The Nobel Prize is awarded in December each year for major achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. It has been this way since 1901, with little change but for an occasional darker or lighter nuance in the carpet, or another teaspoon of sugar in the dessert. Is this a tradition worth rendering with, or shall the mindset of the early 20th century keep the Nobel Prize in its grasp?
Many of these guests, their families, and their acquaintances have probably suffered from one of the following: racism, obesity, poverty, unstable family life, or even regular illnesses. Many have also been cured, helped, and brought out of their unfortunate position. Much of this with the help of a forgotten topic: psychology.
Psychology is not a subject one can win a Nobel Prize for. Psychologists are not among the laughing crowd surrounding the vast tables. Although they research, analyze, and strive to solve our most reoccurring problems, they receive only an ounce of the recognition shown towards other areas of expertise.
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