Current status of positive psychology in mental intervention among breast cancer patients

Abstract

This paper introduced the concept of positive psychology and its application background among breast cancer patients mainly summarized the application of 6 kinds of positive psychology intervention in breast cancer patients. In this paper, we found that positive psychology was the research hotspot in mental intervention for breast cancer patients for the moment which was still at the start stage in China. Researchers have to fully consider cultural differences before study and take positive psychology intervention for breast cancer applicable to our country based on doing indigenous research well. At the same time, researchers should expand the influence of positive psychology in nurses to actually implement the application of positive psychology in mental nursing among breast cancer patients in our country so as to improve patients' psychologic status and quality of life. Key words: Review; Breast neoplasms; Positive psychology; Psychiatric nursing; Intervention