Positive psychology in clinical practice

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 629-651

  Duckworth, Angela Lee ^a   Steen, Tracy A ^a   Seligman, Martin E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow; Happiness; Meaning; Strength(s); Well being

Indexed keywords

CHARACTER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; WELLBEING;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 32844459616     PISSN: 15485943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.1.102803.144154     Document Type: Review

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