New paper from Mike Slade

Mental illness and well-being:
the central importance of positive psychology and recovery approaches

"A new evidence base is emerging, which focuses on well-being. This makes it possible for health services to orientate around promoting well-being as well as treating illness, and so to make a reality of the longstanding rhetoric that health is more than the absence of illness. The aim of this paper is to support the reorientation of health services around promoting well-being. Mental health services are used as an example to illustrate the new knowledge skills which will be needed by health professionals."

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