The Client Assessment of Strengths , Interests and Goals ( CASIG ) had the strongest psychometric evidence .
The SAW and CASIG assessment s can be tentatively recommended within clinical practice , although the evidence for all strengths assessment s is currently limited .
These categories form the basis of an empirically based definition of strengths that could be used as a conceptual foundation for new clinical assessment
Strengths assessment s focus on the individual 's talents , abilities , re sources , and strengths .
No systematic review of strengths assessment s for use within mental health population s has been published .
The aims of this study were to describe and evaluate strengths assessment s  for use within mental health services .
Positive psychology progress: empirical validation of interventions.
Positive psychology has flourished in the last 5 years . The authors review recent developments in the field , including books , meetings , courses , and conferences . They also discuss the newly created classification of character strengths and virtues , a positive complement to the various editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( e. g. , American Psychiatric Association , 1994 ) , and present some cross-cultural findings that suggest a surprising ubiquity of strengths and virtues . Finally , the authors focus on psychological interventions that increase individual happiness . In a 6-group , r and om-assignment ,  placebo-controlled Internet study , the authors tested 5 purported happiness interventions and 1 plausible control exercise . They found that 3 of the interventions lastingly increased happiness and decreased depressive symptoms . Positive interventions can supplement traditional interventions that relieve suffering and may someday be the practical legacy of positive psychology
The Client Assessment of Strengths , Interests and Goals ( CASIG ) had the strongest psychometric evidence .
The SAW and CASIG assessment s can be tentatively recommended within clinical practice , although the evidence for all strengths assessment s is currently limited .
These categories form the basis of an empirically based definition of strengths that could be used as a conceptual foundation for new clinical assessment
Strengths assessment s focus on the individual 's talents , abilities , re sources , and strengths .
No systematic review of strengths assessment s for use within mental health population s has been published .
The aims of this study were to describe and evaluate strengths assessment s  for use within mental health services .