Personality Functioning Strengths: Reimagining Personality Strengths in Mental Health

Affiliations

¹ Dept. of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
² National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Shikha Ahuja et al. Indian J Psychol Med. 2025.

. 2025 Feb 12:02537176241309033.

doi: 10.1177/02537176241309033. Online ahead of print.

¹ Dept. of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
² National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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