[Ailist] re: AI and mental health

[Alice Leibowitz]

To answer your question about examining mentally healthy people to see what
they have in common, that's actually what Abraham Maslow did to develop his
theory of self-actualization. He studied people who he saw as
extraordinarily healthy (mostly his mentors) to see what made them unique.

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Dear All
>
> I was wondering if you know of any appreciative work in the area of mental
> health?
>
> I could imagine appreciative interviews of the most mentally healthy
people
> you could find would be very illuminating. It would be interesting to try
> and define mental health too. Positive psychology is a counterweight to
the
> current deficit thinking on mental illness, but I think this might go
> further
>
> At the moment this is just the germ of an idea, so any thoughts,
> connections, resources or ideas would be very welcome. If you wanted to do
> something, how might you go about it?
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Nick Heap