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Positive health : the basics / Jolanta Burke, Padraic J. Dunne, Elaine Byrne, and Ciaran A. O'Boyle.

By: Burke, Jolanta [author].
Contributor(s): Dunne, Pádraic J [author] | Byrne, Elaine [author] | O'Boyle, Ciaran A [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: The basics.Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025Copyright date: ©2025Description: xv, 228 pages : illustrations, 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781032600116 (paperback); 103260011X (paperback).Subject(s): Positive psychology | Well-being | Well-beingDDC classification: 150.1988
Contents:
Introduction to positive health -- Positive mental health -- Positive health in mental health struggles -- Positive physical health -- Positive health within the pillars of lifestyle medicine -- Positive environment and health -- The future of positive health.
Summary: "This introductory book offers a clear guide to the new field of Positive Health which incorporates a shift towards perceiving body and mind as an integrated system. The book combines lifestyle medicine research and practice, such as healthy eating, good sleep hygiene, and physical activity, with positive psychology research and practice, including cognitive, arts-based and positive affect tools, to delve into the psychology of positive health, physiology and health behaviour. Combining theory with interventions, and illustrated by case material, mind-maps and infographics, the book also provides exercises on how to use key research findings from the field of positive health to enhance personal well-being. It helps readers focus on the changes they can make to their thinking, attitudes, and behaviours, as well as changes they can instigate in their environment that can lead to positive health. Topics covered include the social determinants of health and meaning as a factor contributing to health. It is essential for introductory courses on Positive Health, and supplementary reading for courses on positive psychology or wellbeing, as well as valuable reading for all healthcare professionals and policy makers"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Wellbeing 150.1988 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Wellbeing Collection - wellbeing 00198689
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Wellbeing 150.1988 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Wellness Wall 00220770
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This introductory book offers a clear guide to the new field of Positive Health which incorporates a shift towards perceiving body and mind as an integrated system. The book combines Lifestyle Medicine research and practice, such as healthy eating, good sleep hygiene, and physical activity, with positive psychology research and practice, including cognitive, arts-based, and positive affect tools, to delve into the psychology of positive health, physiology, and health behaviour.

Combining theory with interventions, and illustrated by case material, mind-maps, and infographics, the book also provides exercises on how to use key research findings from the field of positive health to enhance personal wellbeing. It helps readers focus on the changes they can make to their thinking, attitudes, and behaviours, as well as changes they can instigate in their environment that can lead to positive health. Topics covered include the social determinants of health and meaning as a factor contributing to health.

It is essential for introductory courses on Positive Health, and supplementary reading for courses on positive psychology or wellbeing, as well as valuable reading for all healthcare professionals and policy makers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to positive health -- Positive mental health -- Positive health in mental health struggles -- Positive physical health -- Positive health within the pillars of lifestyle medicine -- Positive environment and health -- The future of positive health.

"This introductory book offers a clear guide to the new field of Positive Health which incorporates a shift towards perceiving body and mind as an integrated system. The book combines lifestyle medicine research and practice, such as healthy eating, good sleep hygiene, and physical activity, with positive psychology research and practice, including cognitive, arts-based and positive affect tools, to delve into the psychology of positive health, physiology and health behaviour. Combining theory with interventions, and illustrated by case material, mind-maps and infographics, the book also provides exercises on how to use key research findings from the field of positive health to enhance personal well-being. It helps readers focus on the changes they can make to their thinking, attitudes, and behaviours, as well as changes they can instigate in their environment that can lead to positive health. Topics covered include the social determinants of health and meaning as a factor contributing to health. It is essential for introductory courses on Positive Health, and supplementary reading for courses on positive psychology or wellbeing, as well as valuable reading for all healthcare professionals and policy makers"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreword (xii)
  • About the RCSI Centre (xiv)
  • 1 Introduction to Positive Health (1)
  • 2 Positive Mental Health (29)
  • 3 Positive Health in Mental Health Struggles (71)
  • 4 Positive Physical Health (97)
  • 5 Positive Health within the Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine (134)
  • 6 Positive Environment and Health (184)
  • 7 The Future of Positive Health (213)
  • Index (221)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Dr Elaine Byrne has held academic positions at University of Pretoria in South Africa, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences in Ireland and University of Oslo in Norway.
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