Mind Stimulation Therapy: Use of Mind's Inner Potentials in Recovery
Mind and Body have innate potentials to counter many of our psychiatric and medical illnesses. Harnessing these natural defenses can not only augment benefits of any biological and psycho-social interventions but also in many cases be the preferred strategy for "optimal management" of some illnesses. A positive psychology approach can counter the iatrogenic effects of identification with the "illness dependent persona" that the traditional psychiatric treatments often entail.