Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing

Positive Psychology

Positive Psychology is the branch of psychology that uses scientific understanding and effective intervention to aid in the achievement of a satisfactory life, rather than treating mental illness. The focus of positive psychology is on personal growth rather than on pathology, as is common among other frameworks within the field of psychology.

Positive Psychology is a call for psychological science and practice to be as concerned with strength as with weakness as interested in building the best things in life as in repairing the worst; and as concerned with making the lives of normal people fulfilling as with healing pathology, the value of positive psychology is to complement and extend the problem focused psychology that has been dominant for many decades.