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Positive psychiatry: its time has come.
Dilip V Jeste1, Barton W Palmer, David C Rettew
1Senior Associate Dean for Healthy Aging, and Director, Stein Institute for Research on Aging, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, #0664, La Jolla, CA 92093-0664 djeste@ucsd.edu.
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
|July 2, 2015
Summary
Positive psychiatry expands mental health care by focusing on well-being and positive psychosocial characteristics (PPCs). Interventions targeting these traits show promise for improving mental and overall health outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Positive Psychology
- Mental Health Research
Background:
- Traditional psychiatry focuses on diagnosing and treating mental illness.
- Growing evidence supports expanding the scope to include well-being and positive aspects of mental health.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide an overview of the emerging field of positive psychiatry.
- To review scientific literature on positive psychiatry and its components.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of scientific articles on positive psychiatry.
- Definition and conceptualization of positive psychiatry and its components.
Main Results:
- Positive psychiatry promotes well-being through assessment and interventions targeting positive psychosocial characteristics (PPCs).
- Key components include positive mental health outcomes, PPCs (e.g., resilience, optimism), their biological underpinnings, and interventions.
- Psychosocial and biological interventions can enhance positive traits.
Conclusions:
- Positive psychiatry offers a framework to enhance well-being and mental health.
- Psychiatry is well-positioned to contribute significantly to the positive mental health movement.
- This approach can benefit both clinical and nonclinical populations.
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