Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6788273 | Asian Journal of Psychiatry | 2013 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Specific religions, for all their limitations, are often the portal through which positive emotions are brought into conscious attention. Neither Freud nor psychiatric textbooks ever mention emotions like joy and gratitude. Hymns and psalms give these emotions pride of place. Our whole concept of psychotherapy might change, if clinicians set about enhancing positive emotions, rather than focusing only on the negative ones.
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George E. Vaillant,