BookErick Messias, Hamid Peseschkian, Consuelo Cagande, editors.
Summary: This book is the first to bring together the innovations gained from positive psychology, positive psychotherapy, and positive psychiatry in one volume that will serve as an excellent resource for medical and mental health professionals looking to reap the benefits gained by the studies and experiences in these areas. Currently, the majority of texts that are available are targeting psychologists and researchers, whereas this book seeks to use positive mental health as the foundation on which the clinical applications are built. Written by 49 experts in psychiatry, psychotherapy, and psychology, from 13 countries representing 5 continents, this book is designed to take an accessible approach that leaves the reader with a clear understanding of the epidemiology, development, and clinical applications for modern practice. Chapters include discourse on positive interventions across the lifespan and psychiatric and psychosomatic disorders, including depression, psychosis, anxiety disorders, and substance use disorders. The text also covers special topics such as care of transcultural considerations, special psychotherapeutic settings, and hot topics. Positive Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychology is a valuable resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers, and all other mental health professionals working with patients who may benefit from this approach.
Contents:
Part 1: Basic Concepts, Background, and History
Positive Psychiatry: An Introduction
Positive Psychotherapy: An Introduction
Positive Psychology: An Introduction
Part 2: Staying Positive Through Life
Positive Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Positive Psychiatry in Midlife
Professional well-being
Successful Aging
Life Balance with Positive Psychotherapy
Part 3: Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Disorders
Positive interventions in Depression
Positive interventions in Anxiety disorders
Positive interventions in Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders
Positive interventions in Substance Use Disorders
Positive Psychotherapy and Eating Disorders
Positive interventions in PTSD and post traumatic growth
Positive Psychosomatics
Positive Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
Part 4: Special Settings and Populations
Culture and Minorities: Positive Psychology and Positive Psychiatry Perspectives
Positive Psychotherapy in different Cultures
Positive Sports Psychiatry
Positive Family Counselling and Marital Therapy
Positive Pedagogy and Counselling
Positive Group Psychotherapy
Positive Psychotherapy in organizational and leadership coaching
Psychotherapeutic work with men
Part 5: Theoretical Foundations and Training
Theoretical Foundations and Roots of Positive Psychotherapy
The First Interview in Positive Psychotherapy
The Conflict Model in Positive Psychotherapy
Using stories, anecdotes and humor in Positive Psychotherapy
Supervision in Positive Psychotherapy
Spirituality and Religion in positive psychiatry and psychology
Positive Psychotherapy as an Existentialism
Positive Psychotherapy and other psychotherapeutic methods
Positive Psychotherapy and Meaning
Positive interpretation as a tool in psychotherapy.