Positive Psychology: Mental Health Through Mindfulness Exercise

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Mental Health Through Mindfulness Exercise

Dr. Stuart Eisendrath, director of the UCSF Depression Center, leads a mindfulness exercise as a technique for maintaining mental health. Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public [2/2010] [Show ID: 18122]
Category
Education
License
Standard YouTube License

Link - http://youtu.be/sK7670vK17M

Positive Psychology given credence by Academia:

Positive psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.

Commentators on the subject Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, note that:

"The field of positive psychology at the subjective level is about valued subjective experiences: well-being, contentment, and satisfaction (in the past); hope and optimism (for the future); and flow and happiness (in the present).

At the individual level, it is about positive individual traits: the capacity for love and vocation, courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perseverance, forgiveness, originality, future mindedness, spirituality, high talent, and wisdom.

At the group level, it is about the civic virtues and the institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship: responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, moderation,tolerance, and work ethic."