Silver Linings in Psychological Disorders: An Agenda for Research and Social Change

IF 5.8 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Current Directions in Psychological Science Pub Date : 2025-09-06 DOI:10.1177/09637214251360738

June Gruber, Cassondra Lyman, Chloe Plaisance, Jonathan Rottenberg

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Abstract

Conventional research on people with psychological disorders is negatively focused, concentrating on what is aberrant and harmful about psychopathology. Characterizing patterns of emotional and behavioral disturbances has helped illuminate the origins of psychopathology and led to useful treatments. Yet we argue that the conventional approach to psychopathology is factually incomplete and may also inadvertently perpetuate the deeply entrenched stigma surrounding mental disorders. In this article, we make the case for considering the positive experiences of people with psychopathology—silver linings—and integrating them into psychopathology research. In our research agenda for studying silver linings in psychopathology (SLIP), we acknowledge that psychopathology may afford individuals both sources of difficulty and opportunities for positive transformation. We illustrate SLIP in cognitive, social, and resilience domains. We close by considering implications for future research promoting a more balanced conceptualization of psychological disorders and mental well-being.

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心理障碍的一线希望：研究和社会变革的议程

对心理障碍患者的传统研究是消极的，集中在精神病理学的异常和有害方面。描述情绪和行为障碍的模式有助于阐明精神病理学的起源，并导致有用的治疗方法。然而，我们认为，传统的精神病理学方法实际上是不完整的，也可能无意中使围绕精神障碍的根深蒂固的耻辱永久化。在这篇文章中，我们将考虑精神病理学患者的积极经历——一线希望——并将其整合到精神病理学研究中。在我们研究精神病理学（SLIP）中的一线希望的研究议程中，我们承认精神病理学可能为个人提供积极转变的困难和机会。我们在认知、社会和弹性领域阐述了SLIP。最后，我们考虑对未来研究的影响，以促进心理障碍和心理健康的更平衡的概念。

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Current Directions in Psychological Science PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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1.40%

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期刊介绍： Current Directions in Psychological Science publishes reviews by leading experts covering all of scientific psychology and its applications. Each issue of Current Directions features a diverse mix of reports on various topics such as language, memory and cognition, development, the neural basis of behavior and emotions, various aspects of psychopathology, and theory of mind. These articles allow readers to stay apprised of important developments across subfields beyond their areas of expertise and bodies of research they might not otherwise be aware of. The articles in Current Directions are also written to be accessible to non-experts, making them ideally suited for use in the classroom as teaching supplements.