Bipolar disorders (BDs) are recurrent and sometimes chronic disorders of mood that affect
around 2% of the world's population and encompass a spectrum between severe elevated …

Happiness is generally considered a source of good outcomes. Research has highlighted
the ways in which happiness facilitates the pursuit of important goals, contributes to vital …

Context Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is traditionally considered chronic and
intractable. Objective To compare the course of BPD's psychopathology and social function …

This paper presents an overview of the World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative version
of the World Health Organization (WHO) Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) …

This article develops the hypothesis that intervention strategies that cultivate positive
emotions are particularly suited for preventing and treating problems rooted in negative …

Social relationships play a key role in depression. This is apparent in its etiology,
symptomatology, and effective treatment. However, there has been little consensus about …

Objectives. These guidelines are based on a first edition that was published in 2004, and
have been edited and updated with the available scientific evidence up to October 2012 …

Objective Adaptive social functioning is severely impeded in depressive and anxiety
disorders, even after remission. However, a comprehensive overview is still lacking. Method …

BackgroundThere is growing recognition of the importance of both functioning and quality of
life (QoL) outcomes in the treatment of depressive disorders, but the meta-analytic evidence …

Millions of people and their families are affected by mental illness; it causes untold pain and
severely impairs their ability to function in the world. In recent years, we have begun to …