Open AccessPositive affect, psychotherapy, and depression
Author(s) -
Silky Arora,
Roopali Sharma
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/psychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_384_17
Subject(s) - psychology , psychological intervention , mood , psychotherapist , affect (linguistics) , anxiety , clinical psychology , cognition , interpersonal psychotherapy , depression (economics) , mental health , cognitive behavioral therapy , mood disorders , psychiatry , medicine , randomized controlled trial , surgery , communication , economics , macroeconomics
Psychological interventions have established competence in the enrichment of mental health, controlling, and diminishing manifestations in mild or moderate mental illnesses. It is evident that psychological therapies, in particular, cognitive behavioural therapy, have quantitatively and qualitatively alleviated the symptoms of mood disorders and anxiety disorders. Depression, a mood disorder, contributes to deficit cognition, behavioral, and emotional malfunctioning in children. Specific aspects of positive affect were used in conjunction with psychotherapy, implied for depression treatment of 9-12-year-old children. The paper outlines the aspects of positive affect in psychotherapy and their role in behavioral modification, stimulation of positive emotions, cognitive flexibility, and effective interpersonal associations.