Gratitude: A Current Issue in Mental Health

• Published in: Psikiyatride güncel yaklaşimlar Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 1 - 18
• Main Authors: Ferhat Kardas, Ilhan Yalcin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar 01-03-2018
• Subjects: Gratitude; positive emotions; positive psychology
• ISSN: 1309-0674
• DOI: 10.18863/pgy.334494

There has been an increase in the emphasis on the positive feelings and strengths of individuals in the mental health by the emergence of positive psychology approach. Positive psychology approach points to the potential of positive emotions contributing to clients' well-being, and various studies in this framework show that gratitude as a positive feeling has become one of the tools used to improve clients’ mental health. In this review study, the concept of gratitude, which is quite old in various fields but is a current topic in the field of psychology, is handled in various dimensions and some suggestions are given for practitioners and researchers in this framework.