Positive Psychiatry, 2e

Matta
APA
pages
ISBN: 9798894552132
October 2026

Psychiatry, as a discipline, has traditionally focused on identifying and treating what is wrong, but positive psychiatry integrates strengths and well-being to promote flourishing. Positive Psychiatry offers a practical and deeply human approach to mental health care—one that moves beyond treating illness alone to help individuals and families build resilience, meaning, connection, and lifelong well-being. Rooted in philosophical traditions of human flourishing and informed by advances in neuroscience, behavioral science, and public health, positive psychiatry integrates strengths-based approaches into clinical care. This second edition of Positive Psychiatry builds on the first edition to detail how positive psychiatry can be applied fully and effectively in clinical practice. The book explores selected positive psychological constructs for which the empirical, clinical, and translational literature has substantially advanced over the past decade.