Speaking about the effects of Positive Psychology from its contributions on development to family communication, Tarhan said that in recent years, the science of happiness or positive psychology has been considered as a scientific category. Stating that positive psychology is related to mental health, Tarhan said, "Health is handled in two ways; health as the science of disease, health as the science of health In the science of disease, the science of disease and the treatment of diseases are always emphasized.
But the science of health is always neglected. Generally, when health science is mentioned, physical health comes to the forefront.
What to drink, what to eat, diets are discussed. But mental health, or rather the science of happiness, was not discussed. But in recent years, it has started to be considered as a scientific category. The counterpart of this is positive psychology, but positive psychology is not Polyannism," he said.
Noting that Positive Psychology started to gain importance with capitalism, which emerged as a result of the Industrial Revolution, Tarhan stated that the branch of science in question first developed in the West, which was more affected by capitalism.
Noting that the West based the science of happiness on the Sufi tradition in the East, but did not mention it, Tarhan added that educators have important duties to spread happiness. Tarhan answered the questions of the participants after his presentation.
