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1 - What Is Resilience?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2023

Steven M. Southwick
Affiliation:
Yale University Medical School, Connecticut
Dennis S. Charney
Affiliation:
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York
Jonathan M. DePierro
Affiliation:
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York
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This chapter looks at the many different ways we think about resilience. We describe how we became interested in resilience as researchers and clinicians, and some of the events that tested our personal reslience. We introduce some of the essential lessons we have learned from resilient people over several decades of work. We also describe important parts of the brain and body involved in helping us cope with and recover from stressful experiences, and what we know about the genetics of resilience.

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Resilience
The Science of Mastering Life's Greatest Challenges
, pp. 1 - 24
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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