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A Message from the ACLM President Read More
Putting Positive Psychology into Practice

A crucial aspect of helping patients make health behavior change is often addressing their emotional well-being. I don’t just mean screening for and treating mood disorders, such as depression and anxiety. Of course such conditions are common co-morbidities with diabetes, heart disease and other chronic diseases and need to be addressed.  I am not referring to stress management which is a helpful component of lifestyle modification programs; I am referring to promoting positive feelings in all of our patients so that they have the emotional energy to change risk factors and health habits.

Patients who require lifestyle modification are often presented with feelings of mild sadness or a sense of life imbalance. They can benefit from applying positive psychology in their lives. As health providers, we need to inquire about, encourage and model principles of positive psychology during our clinical encounters and beyond. 

Read the entire "President's Desk" for June
Clinical Conference and Practice Management Workshop