HLTHAGE 2GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Positive Psychology, Psychopathology, Medicalization
11 Mar 2019
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Lecture 4: positive psychology, happiness, and the new self. If 20th century was the century of the psy-ences 21st century marks extension of psy-thinking into everyday life. Foundation of psychiatry is about identifying mental disorders and coming up with treatment. In the last 10-15 years we have become preoccupied with ideas about well being. Instead of thinking about all the things wrong with somebody we think about how to transform people into better versions of themselves. Increasingly, governance over psychological life comes from the self, rather than experts. Pre-1990s history: comparative happiness studies, power of positive thinking. Chatting with his 5 year old daughter but he"s just not having it. Asks him dad why are you so grumpy?" at this moment he realized he was grumpy and allowing himself to be that way. As new head of apa, promised to revolutionize psychology by turning away from the negative to study the universal science of happiness .
