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Resilience : an independent psychobiological mental health construct (Guest Editorial)
Indian Journal of Mental health (2014)
  • Amresh Srivastava, University of Western Ontario
Abstract

Survival against trauma is a unique characteristic of all human beings. While a number of factors contribute in building this capacity, resilience appears to be the most important one. Interest in studying resilience arises from number of areas which are of utmost clinical significance such as such as exploring the possibility of at-risk individuals who developing a mental illness]. Resilience is a human capacity to adapt swiftly and successfully to stressful or traumatic events and revert back to a positive state. It is commonly conceptualized as the ability to thrive despite experiencing adversity

Keywords
  • Resilience,
  • Mental health,
  • Psychiatry
Publication Date
Winter December, 2014
Citation Information
Amresh Srivastava. "Resilience : an independent psychobiological mental health construct (Guest Editorial)" Indian Journal of Mental health Vol. 1 Iss. 1 (2014)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/amreshsrivastava/164/