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Lianov L., Burke J., Lifestyle Medicine From the Inside Out. Rutledge. 2024.
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Lianov L. Positive Psychology Approaches to Mental Health and Health Behavior Interventions. In Fagundes CP & Merlo G. Lifestyle Psychiatry: Through the Lens of Behavioral Medicine. CRC Press, 2023.
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American College of Lifestyle Medicine – https:www.lifestylemedicine.org
Science of Wellbeing Course – https://www.cousera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being
Greater Good Science Center – http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/
Greater Good in Action – http://ggia.berkeley.edu
International Positive Psychology Association – https://www.ippanetwork.org
Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program – https://healthyliving.mayoclinic.org
Positive Psychology center – https://ppc.sas.upeen.edu
The Wholebeing Institute – https://wholebeinginstitute.com
Society of Behavioral Medicine – https://sbm.org.
Veterans Health Administration Whole Health for Life Program – https://www.va.gov/patient
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VIA Institute on Character Survey – Character Strengths – http://www.viacharacter.org
Benson Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine – https://bensonhenryinstitute.org
Lee Kum Sheung (Harvard) Center for Health and Happiness, Harvard TH Chan School of Public
Health – https://www.hsph.Harvard.edu/health-happiness
Masters in Applied Positive Psychology – https://www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/graduate/mapp
Stanford University – Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education: – https.www.ccare.Stanford.edu
University of Pennsylvania – Positive Psychology Center – https://www.ppc.sas.upenn.edu
Yale University – Center for Emotional Intelligence – https://www.ei.yale.edu
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