title: Should psychology be 'positive'? Letting the philosophers speak: Commentary on... Hope, optimism and delusion.
abstract: This is a brief commentary on the value of optimism in therapy. It draws on the philosophical writings of Schopenhauer and Aristotle. It suggests that the modern preoccupation with optimism may be as extreme as the bleak pessimistic outlook favoured by Schopenhauer.
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Mental Health, Birmingham.
authors.forename: Femi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Oyebode