Shifting our perspective on schizophrenia means recognizing that people aren't defined by their diagnosis. This fundamental truth forms the foundation of positive psychiatry—a complementary approach that acknowledges the serious nature of schizophrenia while focusing on strengths, resilience, and possibilities for a meaningful life. Traditional psychiatry views patients through a deficits-based lens, treating them as collections of symptoms to be fixed. This creates a missed opportunity to f...
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Shifting our perspective on schizophrenia means recognizing that people aren't defined by their diagnosis. This fundamental truth forms the foundation of positive psychiatry—a complementary approach that acknowledges the serious nature of schizophrenia while focusing on strengths, resilience, and possibilities for a meaningful life. Traditional psychiatry views patients through a deficits-based lens, treating them as collections of symptoms to be fixed. This creates a missed opportunity to f...
Beyond Symptoms: The Promise of Positive Psychiatry
Positive Psychiatry - with Rakesh Jain, MD
22 minutes
4 months ago
Beyond Symptoms: The Promise of Positive Psychiatry
Psychiatry finds itself at a crossroads. For decades, we've focused on symptom reduction—targeting depression, anxiety, and other mental health challenges with medications and traditional therapies. But something crucial has been missing from this equation. In this inaugural episode of Positive Psychiatry with Rakesh Jain, I reveal what patients truly want from mental health treatment—and it might surprise you. Drawing from groundbreaking research by Zimmerman and colleagues at Brown Univers...
Positive Psychiatry - with Rakesh Jain, MD
Shifting our perspective on schizophrenia means recognizing that people aren't defined by their diagnosis. This fundamental truth forms the foundation of positive psychiatry—a complementary approach that acknowledges the serious nature of schizophrenia while focusing on strengths, resilience, and possibilities for a meaningful life. Traditional psychiatry views patients through a deficits-based lens, treating them as collections of symptoms to be fixed. This creates a missed opportunity to f...
