Feasibility and utility of positive psychology exercises for suicidal inpatients

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 88-94

  Huffman, Jeff C ^a,b   DuBois, Christina M ^a   Healy, Brian C ^a,b   Boehm, Julia K ^c   Kashdan, Todd B ^d   Celano, Christopher M ^a,b   Denninger, John W ^a,b,e   Lyubomirsky, Sonja ^f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Benson Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gratitude; Hopelessness; Optimism; Positive psychology; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIMISM; PERCEPTION; POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY EXERCISE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REINFORCEMENT; SELF REPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GRATITUDE; HOPELESSNESS; OPTIMISM; POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HOPE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891276682     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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