positive psychologydepressionpsychotherapystrengthsPositive psychotherapy (PPT) contrasts with standard interventions for depression by increasing positive emotion, engagement, and meaning rather than directly targeting depressive symptoms. The authors have tested the effects of these interventions in a variety ...
Practicing positive activities may serve as an effective, low-cost treatment for people suffering from depression, according to researchers at the University of California, Riverside and Duke University Medical Center. In "Delivering Happiness: Translating Positive Psychology Intervention Research for Treatin...
The comprehensive management of the disease requires assessment and treatment of mental problems. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of stress management based on positive psychology on mental health and glycemic control. Methods: This randomized controlled clinical trial study was ...
It has been influenced by humanistic as well as psychodynamic approaches to treatment. Predating the use of the term “positive psychology”, researchers within the field of psychology had been focusing on topics that would now be included under this new denomination. The term positive psychology ...
The models were adjusted for the patient’s age, gender, years of education, treatment site, and baseline symptom severity or daily functioning. For this last factor, baseline severity or daily functioning were categorized as ‘mild’ (baseline score below mean), ‘moderate’ (baseline scores ...
1955, introduction of drugs for the treatment of depression and psychosis. * Education programs After war, seemed more appropriate to focus on helping children with developmental disabilities. Gifted programs encouraged but not funded. Exceptional children are on both ends of the spectrum. Nurture ...
We know a lot about negative emotions in psychopathology, which has been important in getting to the root of disorders such as anxiety, substance abuse, and depression. This knowledge has been effectively disseminated in order to develop etiological models and create effective treatment. We know ...
Positive psychology aims to suspend deterioration and strengthen the growth of human well-being through evidence-based knowledge and strategies that promise to make human life more positive, controllable, and worth living [3]. Moreover, the approach adopted is considered more inclusive for people ...
positive psychology; positive psychological interventions; substances; substance use; substance use disorders; substance use problems; treatments; treatment modification; substance use treatments; treatment integration1. Introduction Substance use treatments have a history of negatively framing of behaviors (e....
Positive psychology is a branch of psychology focused on the character strengths and behaviors that allow individuals to build a life of meaning and purpose—to move beyond surviving to flourishing. Theorists and researchers in the field have sought to i