Santos Veruska, Paes Flavia, Pereira Valeska, Arias-Carrión Oscar, Silva Adriana Cardoso, Carta Mauro Giovanni, Nardi Antonio Egidio, Machado Sergio
Laboratory of Panic and Respiration, Institute of Psychiatry of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IPUB/UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; National Institute for Translational Medicine (INCT-TM), Brazil.
Hospital General Dr. manuel Gea Gonzalez, Secretaria de Salud Mexico DF, Mexico.
Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health. 2013 Nov 28;9:221-37. doi: 10.2174/1745017901309010221. eCollection 2013.
The present study aims to conduct a systematic review of the literature by checking the impact of positive emotion in the treatment of depression and on the use of strategies of positive psychology which involves positive emotion to treat and reduce symptoms of depression. For this purpose, we conducted searches in databases ISI Web of Knowledge, PsycINFO and PubMed and found a total of 3400 studies. After inclusion application and exclusion criteria, 28 articles remained, presented and discussed in this study. The studies have important relations between humor and positive emotion as well as a significant improvement in signs and symptoms of depression using differents strategies of positive psychology. Another relevant aspect is the preventative character of the proposed interventions by positive psychology by the fact that increase well-being and produce elements such as resilience and coping resources that reduce the recurrent relapses in the treatment of depression. The strategies of positive psychology, such as increasing positive emotions, develop personal strengths: seeking direction, meaning and engagement for the day-to-day life of the patients, appear as potentially tools for the prophylaxis and treatment of depression, helping to reduce signs and symptoms as well as for prevention of relapses.
本研究旨在通过考察积极情绪在抑郁症治疗中的影响以及涉及积极情绪的积极心理学策略在治疗和减轻抑郁症症状方面的应用，对相关文献进行系统综述。为此，我们在数据库《科学引文索引》（ISI Web of Knowledge）、《心理学文摘数据库》（PsycINFO）和《医学期刊数据库》（PubMed）中进行了检索，共找到3400项研究。在应用纳入标准和排除标准后，本研究保留、呈现并讨论了28篇文章。这些研究表明，幽默与积极情绪之间存在重要关联，并且使用不同的积极心理学策略可显著改善抑郁症的体征和症状。另一个相关方面是，积极心理学所提出的干预措施具有预防作用，因为它能提升幸福感，并产生诸如恢复力和应对资源等要素，从而减少抑郁症治疗中的复发情况。积极心理学的策略，如增加积极情绪、培养个人优势：为患者的日常生活寻求方向、意义和参与感，似乎是预防和治疗抑郁症的潜在工具，有助于减轻体征和症状以及预防复发。
