1st Edition

A-Z of Positive Health Key Terms and Essential Concepts

Edited By Jolanta Burke, Liana S. Lianov Copyright 2027
210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

A-Z of Positive Health sheds light on a range of positive health topics in an easy bite-sized format. Positive health is a rapidly growing field that combines positive psychology (the science of wellbeing) and lifestyle medicine (the science of lifestyle). Whilst lifestyle medicine aims to reduce the incidence of non-communicable diseases, positive psychology aims to help people flourish... Read more

Introduction 

A-Z Entries  

Index

Biography

Jolanta Burke, PhD is a chartered psychologist (BPS), an award-winning researcher specialising in positive psychology and a senior lecturer (US: associate professor) at the Centre for Positive Health Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland. She leads a Good Life research lab, and her team explores ways in which positive activities can be applied to maximise health and wellbeing impact.

Liana Lianov, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACLM, DipABLM is the President and Founder of the Global Positive Health Institute in the USA, which promotes education, training and tools in positive health for health professionals. She also serves as Assistant Professor for the Centre for Positive Health Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland.

'Positive Health is a timely and practical A–Z guide to a much-needed field, bringing clarity to the concepts at the intersection of Lifestyle Medicine and Positive Psychology.'

Professor Darren Morton, Director, Lifestyle Medicine & Health Research Centre, Avondale University.