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Winning the mental battle
- Author:
- SHRUBB Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, September 2012, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Positive psychology has helped some elite athletes to realise their potential. When they do not achieve to their expectations, focusing on what went well rather than what went wrong can help them to relieve stress and turn things around. This article argues that this idea could also have applications in mainstream mental health services. Traditional psychology is about focusing on problems and resolving them. Positive psychology focuses on strengths as well as weaknesses, on building the best things in life as well as repairing the worst. Positive psychology could help to cut down on the use of medication. However, the cost of psychotherapy is a barrier to the wide use of psychological techniques.