Positive psychiatry: Its time has come

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 675-683

  Jeste, Dilip V ^a   Palmer, Barton W ^a   Rettew, David C ^a   Boardman, Samantha ^a  

^a San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOSTATIC LOAD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHARACTER; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPASSION; CONNECTOME; CONVALESCENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FAMILY; FAMILY DYNAMICS; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL OF PERCEIVED STRESS; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROCIRCUITRY; NONHUMAN; OPTIMISM; PERSONAL MASTERY; POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOME; POSITIVE PSYCHIATRY; POSITIVE PSYCHOSOCIAL CHARACTERISTIC; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOSOCIAL AGING; RELIGION; RESILIENCE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE LENGTH; WELLBEING; WISDOM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TRENDS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84932598620     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.14nr09599     Document Type: Review

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