Positive Psychiatry

Dilip V. Jeste, Barton W. Palmer (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

385 Seiten

2015
American Psychiatric Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-58562-495-9 (ISBN)

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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, interventions, and outcomes into clinical practice and training.* An abundance of interesting and compelling clinical vignettes illustrate how to incorporate positive psychiatry techniques and treatment strategies into practice.* Comprehensive coverage makes this volume the "go-to" resource for researchers and clinicians seeking an overview and details of what positive psychiatry is, why it is needed, and how to integrate it into research, practice, and training.* The roster of contributors is a "who's who" in the field of positive mental health, rendering this the definitive source of information on positive psychiatry. Chief among the book's strengths is its emphasis on empirically grounded applications, and the editors have ensured that limitations in the available evidence base are identified, as well as directions for further research.
Positive Psychiatry fills a critical gap in the treatment literature, and researchers, clinicians, and trainees in psychiatry and allied mental health fields will welcome its publication.

Dilip V. Jeste, M.D., is Senior Associate Dean for Healthy Aging and Senior Care; Estelle and Edgar Levi Chair in Aging; Director, Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging; and Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, California. Barton W. Palmer, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, in La Jolla, California.

Foreword. Acknowledgments. Introduction: what is positive psychiatry? Part I: Positive Psychosocial Factors. Positive psychological traits. Resilience and posttraumatic growth. Positive social psychiatry. Part II: Positive Outcomes. Recovery in mental illnesses. What is well-being?. Clinical assessments of positive mental health. Part III: Interventions in Positive Psychiatry. Positive psychotherapeutic and behavioral interventions. Positivity in supportive and psychodynamic therapy. Complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine interventions. Preventive interventions. Integrating positive psychiatry into clinical practice. Part IV: Special Topics in Positive Psychiatry. Biology of positive psychiatry. Positive child psychiatry. Positive geriatric and cultural psychiatry. Bioethics of positive psychiatry. Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.6.2015
Zusatzinfo	tables, line drawings
Verlagsort	Arlington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	90 x 60 mm
Gewicht	522 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
ISBN-10	1-58562-495-0 / 1585624950
ISBN-13	978-1-58562-495-9 / 9781585624959
Zustand	Neuware