positive psychology malcolm bass tees esk and wear valleys nhs trust
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Positive Psychology
Malcolm Bass
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust
Learned helplessness
The three pillars of positive psychology
• Positive experiences (e.g. positive emotions, happiness, hope, contentment)
• Positive individual traits (e.g. strengths, compassion, resilience, wisdom)
• Positive institutions (e.g. justice, leadership, teamwork, tolerance)
Examples of positive psychology interventions
• Identifying signature strengths
• Using your strengths
• Three good things
• Gratitude visits
Mental wellbeing
Hedonic wellbeing
Eudaimonic wellbeing
PERMA wellbeing mnemonic
Positive emotions
Engagment
Positive Relationships
Meaning
Accomplishment
Wemwebs general pop
Wemwebs secondary care mh
Positive mental wellbeing and mental ill health
Negative correlation between mental ill health and mental wellbeing
0.45 (eudainomic) to 0.61(hedonic)
ReducedSymptoms
Mental Well-being
Positive PsychologyInterventions
esc0
.4
TraditionalTreatments
corrc0.5
esc0.4
8 week positive psychology intervention pre post wemwebs
45 47
46 44
15 41
47 37
41 50
48 50
49 43
46 62
48 57
49 64
41 45
