The relationship between disease and good health has received relatively little attention in
mental health. Resilience can be viewed as a defence mechanism, which enables people to …

Understanding of psychopathology of mental disorder is evolving, particularly with
availability of newer insight from the field of genetics, epigenetics, social, and environmental …

Recent times have seen a shift in interest from a focus upon the deficits of individuals to a
focus upon individual's strengths. Resilience is a positive psychology construct that has …

The challenges in our personal, professional, financial, and emotional world are on rise,
more so in developing countries and people will be longing for mental wellness for …

Aim Resilience is rapidly gaining momentum in mental health literature. It provides a new
understanding of the highly variable trajectories of mental illness, and has consistently been …

Background Resilience is the capacity of individuals to maintain, or regain, their mental
health in the face of significant adversity, including physical illness. Objective We conducted …

In this paper, inspired by the plenary panel at the 2013 meeting of the International Society
for Traumatic Stress Studies, Dr. Steven Southwick (chair) and multidisciplinary panelists …

Background Resilience in the face of adversity is a human experience that leads to better
health, both mentally and physically. We briefly review its historical origins rooted in …

Contemporary reports of individuals experiencing severe adversity have led to renewed
debate regarding the processes that mediate a person's ability to withstand extremes of both …

Objective: While everyone—including front-line clinicians—should strive to prevent the
maltreatment and other severe stresses experienced by many children and adults in …