The resilience framework as a strategy to combat stress-related disorders

Consistent failure over the past few decades to reduce the high prevalence of stress-related disorders has motivated a search for alternative research strategies. Resilience refers to the phenomenon of many people maintaining mental health despite exposure to psychological or physical adversity. Ins...

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Published in:Nature human behaviour 2017-11, Vol.1 (11), p.784-790
Main Authors: Kalisch, Raffael, Baker, Dewleen G., Basten, Ulrike, Boks, Marco P., Bonanno, George A., Brummelman, Eddie, Chmitorz, Andrea, Fernàndez, Guillén, Fiebach, Christian J., Galatzer-Levy, Isaac, Geuze, Elbert, Groppa, Sergiu, Helmreich, Isabella, Hendler, Talma, Hermans, Erno J., Jovanovic, Tanja, Kubiak, Thomas, Lieb, Klaus, Lutz, Beat, Müller, Marianne B., Murray, Ryan J., Nievergelt, Caroline M., Reif, Andreas, Roelofs, Karin, Rutten, Bart P. F., Sander, David, Schick, Anita, Tüscher, Oliver, Diest, Ilse Van, Harmelen, Anne-Laura van, Veer, Ilya M., Vermetten, Eric, Vinkers, Christiaan H., Wager, Tor D., Walter, Henrik, Wessa, Michèle, Wibral, Michael, Kleim, Birgit
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Language:English
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Adversity
Behavioral Sciences
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Brain research
Clinical psychology
Consortia
Disease prevention
Experimental Psychology
Life Sciences
Mental disorders
Mental health
Microeconomics
Neuropsychology
Neurosciences
Pathophysiology
Personality and Social Psychology
Perspective
Post traumatic stress disorder
Protective factors
Psychiatry
Psychotherapy
Resilience
Science
Stress
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Summary:Consistent failure over the past few decades to reduce the high prevalence of stress-related disorders has motivated a search for alternative research strategies. Resilience refers to the phenomenon of many people maintaining mental health despite exposure to psychological or physical adversity. Instead of aiming to understand the pathophysiology of stress-related disorders, resilience research focuses on protective mechanisms that shield people against the development of such disorders and tries to exploit its insights to improve treatment and, in particular, disease prevention. To fully harness the potential of resilience research, a critical appraisal of the current state of the art — in terms of basic concepts and key methods — is needed. We highlight challenges to resilience research and make concrete conceptual and methodological proposals to improve resilience research. Most importantly, we propose to focus research on the dynamic processes of successful adaptation to stressors in prospective longitudinal studies.
ISSN:2397-3374
2397-3374
DOI:10.1038/s41562-017-0200-8