ABSTRACT
Al enumerar las múltiples potencialidades de la Psicología Positiva, se ha destacado la posibilidad de brindar tratamientos psicoterapeúticos más eficaces, efectivos y eficientes, dado que la misma, supuestamente, abordaba un punto ciego de las psicoterapias basadas en la evidencia: el funcionamiento óptimo. Doce años después, según los criterios de las psicoterapias basadas en la evidencia, no existe ningún tratamiento fundado en la Psicología Positiva que se considere bien establecido para ninguna psicopatología, encontrándose todos en estado experimental. En la presente monografía se analizan las razones de lo antecedente, identificándose: a) ausencia de enfoque psicopatológico, b) falsa dicotomía, c) dificultad de la doble modificación, y d) cantidad y calidad de los ensayos clínicos. Se advierte la oportunidad de replicar ensayos clínicos, y de integrar el conocimiento psicopatológico con el de los constructos positivos.
When listing the multiple potentialities of Positive Psychology, their supporters have highlighted the possibility of providing more efficient, effective and efficient psychotherapeutic treatments because it allegedly approached a blind of evidence-based psychotherapies point: optimum performance. Twelve years later, according to the criteria of evidence-based psychotherapies, no treatment based on Positive Psychology is considered well established for any psychopathology, been all classified as experimental treatments. The reasons for the antecedent are analyzed in this paper, identifying: a) absence of psychopathological approach, b) false dichotomy, c) the double modification difficulty, and d) the quantity and quality of clinical trials. The opportunity to replicate clinical trials and the possibility to integrate psychopathological and positive constructs knowledge are warned.
ABSTRACT
The author would like to explore a new challenge for psychiatry in the coming the decade. Although there has been a remarkable progress in symptomatic treatment within psychiatry during the past half century, the progress has been meager in the field of mental health promotion. On the other hand, the public has gained an increasing awareness of the importance of mental health and also expresses a strong desire for mental health promotion. The current practice of psychiatry is not comprehensive enough to fulfill the public's needs, and finding a way to fulfill those needs is a new challenge for psychiatry in the future. Psychiatry must meet the growing need to survive as a beloved discipline by the public in the coming decade. Positive psychology has made a substantial progress in the field of mental health promotion and could be applied in psychiatry practice. The author proposes that psychiatry should pay a close attention to new developments in mental health promotions and make a genuine effort to apply a new strategy to mental health promotion, not only in clinical practice but also in research.
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En la presente investigación preliminar se analiza la efectividad de la Psicoterapia Positiva, a través de talleres grupales en una muestra de pacientes diagnosticados con depresión, del consultorio Remigio Sapunar de la ciudad de Arica, en contraste con la terapia habitual en un diseño cuasi experimental. Se utilizaron los instrumentos BDI (Beck, 1979) y CES-D (Radioff, 1977), para síntomas depresivos, y la Escala de Satisfacción Vital (Cuadra, 2002). Los resultados arrojan diferencias de medias significativas en las medidas pre y post del grupo de terapia positiva. Además, se observa una clara tendencia en las diferencias de medias a favor de la eficacia de la psicoterapia positiva sobre la terapia habitual.
In this preliminary research, the effectiveness of Positive Psychotherapy was compared to a quasi-experimental behavioral therapy. Participants were patients diagnosed with depression at Remigio Sapunar Centre in Arica, Chile. Depressive symptoms and life satisfaction were assessed using BDI (Beck, 1979), CES-D (Radioff, 1977) and Life Satisfaction Scale (Cuadra, 2002). Findings shown significant means differences between pre and post measures in the positive therapy group. In addition, a clear pattern was observed in the methods, highlighting the effectiveness of positive psychotherapy over behavioral therapy.