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Positive Psychology and Clinical Psychology: Common Philosophical Backgrounds, Early Contributors, and Possible Integrations

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The chapter provides the historical, philosophical and theoretical underpinnings shared by positive and clinical psychology. A brief overview of definitions and paradigms of well-being (hedonia versus eudaimonia) is presented, with a cross-cultural perspective (Eastern and Western perspectives). Finally, early contributions to the study of positive functioning within the clinical psychology literature are articulated, with a concluding remark of possible integrations between positive and clinical psychology research and practice.

No medicine cures what happiness cannot.

Gabriel García Márquez

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Ruini, C. (2017). Positive Psychology and Clinical Psychology: Common Philosophical Backgrounds, Early Contributors, and Possible Integrations. In: Positive Psychology in the Clinical Domains. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52112-1_1

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