This ground-breaking book combines research and practice in the rapidly growing field of Positive Psychology with the fastest-growing medical speciality of Lifestyle Medicine.
This ground-breaking book combines research and practice in the rapidly growing field of Positive Psychology with the fastest-growing medical speciality of Lifestyle Medicine.
Section 1 maps out the new field of positive health by exploring the scope, content and architecture of this rapidly emerging area of research. It explores research findings and applications derived from Lifestyle Medicine and Positive Psychology that are critical for positive health. Section 2 delves into positive health research, covering topics such as using character strengths to improve health, maximising psychological wellbeing from head to toe, optimising gut health and understanding the relationships between mind and body. Section 3 offers guidance on applying the principles of positive health by describing new Positive Health Interventions (PHIs), introducing innovative positive health coaching models and exploring the contribution of positive psychology to health equity.
The book is ideal for medical doctors, nurses and health professionals interested in helping their patients flourish psychologically and physically. It is an invaluable guide for social workers, positive psychologists, coaches and mental health professionals who want to explore the physiological dimensions of wellbeing.
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Foreword
PART I
Mapping out the field of Positive Health
1 Positive health: An Emerging New Construct
Ciaran A. OBoyle, Liana Lianov, Jolanta Burke, Beth Frates and Ilona
Boniwell
2 Lifestyle medicine breakthroughs
Gia Merlo and Gabrielle Bachtel
3 Positive psychology breakthroughs
Ilona Boniwell
PART II
Positive health research
4 Flourishing from head to toe: An interdisciplinary approach
Dianne Vella-Brodrick and Annelise Gill
5 Character strengths and positive health
Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Piotr Bialowolski and Ryan M. Niemiec
6 Do our relationships make us healthier? Physiological correlates of social
connections and close relationships
Cagla Sanri and Aaron Jarden
7 The power of positive emotions
Trudy Meehan
8 Resilient grieving: How can the field of positive health better support
those coping with loss?
Lucy C. Hone, Tiffani Clingin and Brigitte Lavoie
9 Optimism, a conceptual complexity but a health resource?
Charles Martin-Krumm
10 Psychobiotics, gut health and the promise of positive psychology
Pįdraic J. Dunne
PART III
Positive health applications
11 Applications to self/self-care/self-coaching, role-modelling
Beth Frate
12 Positive health interventions: An emerging concept
Jolanta Burke, Pįdraic J. Dunne and Elaine Byrne
13 People may have many wishes but if they lose their health, they only have
one wish, to become healthy again
Dóra Gušrśn Gušmundsdóttir and Svala Siguršardóttir
14 Positive health coaching: Adopting a dialogical approach to health and
wellbeing
Christian van Nieuwerburgh and Jim Knight
15 Personnature fit: Fostering well-being through nature
Annalisa Setti and Tadhg Mac Intyre
16 Arts as medicine: Using art interventions to promote health and wellbeing
Andrea Giraldez-Hayes
17 Digital positive health Platforms, supported by artificial intelligence,
measured using wearable devices
Jennifer Donnelly, Pįdraic J. Dunne, Justin Laiti, Croķa Loughnane and Róisķn
ODonovan
18 Motivation; the self, the stick, and the carrot
Ciara Scott and Karen Morgan
19 Positive psychology for health equity
Qadira M. Ali, Alyssa Vela and David Bowman
20 Applying positive psychology and the pillars of lifestyle medicine
Liana Lianov
Jolanta Burke is a Chartered Psychologist and Senior Lecturer (US: Associate Professor) at the Centre for Positive Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ireland.
Ilona Boniwell is a Professor of Positive Psychology at the University of East London and the original founder of the UELs MSc in Applied Positive Psychology.
Beth Frates is a trained physiatrist and a health and wellness coach, with expertise in Lifestyle Medicine and an award-winning teacher at Harvard Medical School.
Liana S. Lianov serves as lead faculty for the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) Physician and Health Professional Wellbeing course and Chair of the ACLM Happiness Science and Positive Health Committee.
Ciaran A. OBoyle is a Professor of Psychology at the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Founding Director of the RCSI Centre for Positive Health Sciences.
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