Posts tagged with 'wellbeing'
The spectrum of mental health: part 2 - moderate & full wellbeing
16th January 2011
(a slightly abbreviated version of this blog post is downloadable as both a Word doc & a PDF file) Mental illness & mental health: In "The spectrum of mental health: part 1", I wrote "As the diagram (below) illustrates, mental health is distributed as a spectrum across the population. The …
Recent research: 2 mindfulness studies, 2 on goal setting, 1 on wellbeing & reduction in risk of mental illness, 1 on compassion
23rd December 2010
So here are half a dozen recent research papers in the general fields of positive psychology and mindfulness (abstracts and links are given further down this post). They're mostly by "big hitters" on big topics. So there is the paper by Willem Kuyken & colleagues entitled "How does mindfulness-based cognitive …
Recent research: six studies on money, happiness, romance, leadership, self-compassion & avoidance
26th August 2010
Here are half a dozen recent research studies that caught my eye. Diener et al, in a large sample of people round the world, found intriguingly that wealth tends to increase life satisfaction, while it is the fulfilment of psychological needs - learning, autonomy, using one's skills, respect, and the …
European positive psychology conference in Copenhagen: eudaimonia, Lego, morality & kayaking (third post)
26th June 2010
Yesterday was the second full day of this "5th European conference on positive psychology". I have already blogged about the first evening and first full day. I didn't go in for the initial two plenary presentations on occupational psychology and on Danish society. I spent the time reading and writing …
Targeting behavioural activation better both for decreasing depression and increasing wellbeing (second post)
23rd May 2010
In yesterday's post "Targeting behavioural activation better both for decreasing depression and increasing wellbeing (first post)", I suggested that there are at least three (and probably many more) interesting ways that could make behavioural activation (BA) both more targeted and potentially more effective. I wrote about aiming BA particularly to …
Targeting behavioural activation better both for decreasing depression and increasing wellbeing (first post)
22nd May 2010
There are a series of meta-analyses showing that "behavioural activation" (BA) is a good treatment for depression and that it is as effective as best-established approaches like full cognitive behavioural therapy - see, for example, last year's paper by Trevor and colleagues "Behavioral activation treatments for depression in adults: a …
Recent research: articles from April journals
13th May 2010
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - EndNote - which currently contains over 14,300 abstracts. Every few weeks I scan through all the articles I've found interesting in the previous month (in the general areas …
Walking in the Mamores: reflection (third post)
24th April 2010
Yesterday I wrote about climbing three of the Mamores here in the Highlands. For the last couple of years in the Spring (before the midges) I've gone camping and walking in the Scottish hills - last year in Glen Affric and the year before in the Fainnichs. I've written too …
Recent research: six studies on management, health messages, behavioural activation, ACT, expressive writing, and wellbeing
18th February 2010
Here are mixed bag of psychotherapy-relevant studies. Foy & colleagues' meta-analysis highlights the value to patients/clients of having good communication between their primary care physician and their mental health professional. The second paper I mention - free full text - by Mollen et al is a bit of a wake-up …
Writing (& speaking) for resilience & wellbeing 3: personal growth
24th January 2010
They taught me more about, in the midst of all this trauma and suffering and uncertainty - of remaining true to who you are, and what love can be about in those moments. And there are three or four of those that really stand out very strongly, whose lives were …