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Positive Psychiatry : a Clinical Handbook by Dilip V Jeste; Barton W Palmer; American Psychiatric Publishing is a health book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Positive Psychiatry : a Clinical Handbook about?

Long overdue, Positive Psychiatry provides a rigorous and clinically useful guide to the growing body of research that strongly suggests that positive psychosocial factors such as resilience, optimism, and social engagement are associated with better outcomes, including lower morbidity, greater longevity, and a heightened sense of patient well-being. Because most of the research has been conducted outside of the field of psychiatry, it has had relatively little influence on everyday clinical practice. This volume, written and edited by luminaries in the field, hopes to remedy this situation by introducing clinicians to the guiding principles of positive psychiatry, which hold that mental health cannot be defined as the mere reduction or even elimination of mental illness, and that mental health professionals must focus on more than simply controlling the symptoms of illness. To that end, the book, while biologically grounded and exhaustively referenced, is also structured and written to be accessible. It includes many useful features: * Bulleted outlines of key clinical points are included where appropriate, fostering direct application of positive psychiatry constructs, measures,

Who reads Positive Psychiatry : a Clinical Handbook?

Author

Dilip V Jeste; Barton W Palmer; American Psychiatric Publishing

Publisher

American Psychiatric Publishing, a division of American Psychiatric Association

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781585625192

Category

health

Subjects

Medical, Science, Psychology

Rating

3.8 / 5 (12 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14