September 16

Positive Psychology is a new branch of a young scientific discipline. Psychology separated from philosophy in the mid to late 1800s, and since then many disparate schools of thought have sought to better understand and explain the human mind and behavior. Positive Psychology emerged roughly twenty years ago as the scientific study of human strengths and flourishing. The field has sought to offer an alternative to the traditional pathology model utilized by clinical psychology and psychiatry. Since its rise to popularity in 2000, the field has accumulated a vast research base that seeks to illuminate the fundamental components of human happiness.