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Resilience and psychiatric epidemiology: Implications for a conceptual framework

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2015

Joseph M. Boden  and
Geraldine F. H. McLeod
Joseph M. Boden
Affiliation:
Christchurch Health and Development Study, University of Otago, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand. joseph.boden@otago.ac.nz geraldine.mcleod@otago.ac.nz http://www.otago.ac.nz/christchurch/research/healthdevelopment/otago014217.html http://www.otago.ac.nz/christchurch/departments/psychmed/ourpeople/otago036449.html
Geraldine F. H. McLeod
Affiliation:
Christchurch Health and Development Study, University of Otago, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand. joseph.boden@otago.ac.nz geraldine.mcleod@otago.ac.nz http://www.otago.ac.nz/christchurch/research/healthdevelopment/otago014217.html http://www.otago.ac.nz/christchurch/departments/psychmed/ourpeople/otago036449.html
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Abstract

Kalisch and colleagues present a conceptual framework for the study of resilience, using a neurobiological approach. The present commentary examines issues arising for the study of resilience from epidemiological data, which suggest that resilience is most likely a normative function that may operate as a kind of psychological immune system. The implications of the epidemiological data on the development of a neurobiological theory of resilience are discussed.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e95
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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