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. 2022 Feb 24:13:827320.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.827320. eCollection 2022.

Hope and Optimism as an Opportunity to Improve the "Positive Mental Health" Demand

Carlos Laranjeira  1   2   3 , Ana Querido  1   2   4
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Hope and Optimism as an Opportunity to Improve the "Positive Mental Health" Demand

Carlos Laranjeira et al. Front Psychol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: hope; mental health literacy; nursing; optimism; positive mental health.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The handling editor declared a shared affiliation with one of the authors AQ at time of review.

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