E-Book, Englisch, 186 Seiten
Beck / Bannink / Peeters Practicing Positive Psychiatry
2021
ISBN: 978-1-61676-577-4
Verlag: Hogrefe Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
E-Book, Englisch, 186 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-61676-577-4
Verlag: Hogrefe Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
A highly practical book for all mental health professionals wanting to know how to apply positive psychiatry in their daily work
Positive psychiatry is the science and practice of psychiatry and clinical psychology that seeks to understand and promote wellbeing among people who have or are at high risk of developing mental health problems. In this new approach, the person takes center stage, not the disease, and the focus is not only on repairing the worst, but also on creating the best in our patients.
The authors from the fields of medicine and clinical psychology present over 40 applications and many cases and stories to illustrate the four pillars of positive psychiatry: positive psychology, solution-focused brief therapy, the recovery-oriented approach, and nonspecific factors. The book shows how mental health professionals can significantly increase patient collaboration to co-create preferred outcomes through discovering possibilities and competencies and through building hope, optimism, and gratitude.
Essential reading for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, other professionals working in the field of mental health care as well as students who want to take a positive focus to make psychiatry faster, lighter, and yes, more fun. We have high hopes that positive psychiatry will become a firm part of the psychiatry of the future.
Zielgruppe
Psychiatrists, psychotherapists, clinical psychologists, mental
health professionals as well as students.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
1;Table of Contents and Foreword;6
2;Introduction;14
3;Chapter 1 Two Paradigm Changes;18
4;Chapter 2 Positive Psychiatry;38
5;Chapter 3 Recovery-Oriented Approach;76
6;Chapter 4 The Applications;84
7;Chapter 5 Reflection;118
8;Chapter 6 Frequently Asked Questions;132
9;Epilogue;150
10;Lists of Stories, Cases, Applications, Tables, Boxes, & Figures;152
11;References;158
12;Online Resources;174
13;Subject Index, Author Index, Acknowledgments, About the Authors, Peer Commentaries;176
Chapter 1 Two Paradigm Changes
Ask not what disease the person has, but rather what person the disease has.
William Osler
In this chapter we describe two recent paradigm changes, which are not only found in (mental) healthcare, but also in education, organizations, and society as a whole. Let us start by explaining what exactly we mean by paradigm. The term paradigm refers to models and theories within a scientific discipline that form the framework of that which is being analyzed and described. We no longer consciously perceive paradigms that have been longer in existence: They are self-evident from what we have learned, by adherence to professional guidelines, and by our way of working together.
Science philosopher Kuhn suggests successive paradigms are mutually equivalent: Variances – or inferiority – of paradigms do not exist; they are only different. Kuhn is particularly known for his book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962), in which he describes that science is not always a gradual evolution; paradigm shifts sometimes create abrupt dramatic changes. The Internet is an example of a technological development that resulted in a rapid, dramatic paradigm change. After each change in paradigm, the world looks incomparably different. Perhaps the greatest barrier to a paradigm shift is the reality of paradigm paralysis: the inability or refusal to see beyond the current models of thinking.
Story 1. Paradigm Paralysis
New paradigms tend to be most dramatic in sciences that appear to be stable and mature, as in physics at the end of the 19th century. As an example, physicist Kelvin claimed: “There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement.” Five years later, Einstein published his paper on special relativity, which challenged the set of rules that had been used to describe force and motion for over 200 years.
In the first paradigm change in healthcare that we propose people take center stage, not the disease. The concept of positive health is an innovative concept that is derived from a renewed and general characterization of health that aims to solve the limitations of the current World Health Organization (WHO) definition of health (Huber et al., 2011; 2016). The resulting positive (mental) healthcare is described by Delleman (2009), Bannink (2009), Bannink and Jansen (2017), and Bannink and Peeters (2018). This positive view on health may lead to significant innovations and subsequent cost savings in healthcare. The second paradigm change in healthcare adds synthesis (the functional model) to regular analysis (the medical model). The synthesis paradigm is especially useful when problems or diseases are complex and rapidly changing.
Finally, in this chapter we describe – and more extensively in Chapter 5 – how positive psychiatry may well become a crucial element of the psychiatry of the future, and what this means for practitioners, medical specialists, their training, and the organizations in which they work.
