Ronan Harrington

Resilience describes the ability to manage shocks and continue through disruption in the short term, and to adapt to stresses and other challenges that will present in the longer term. The current environment has been described as a perfect storm of stress factors, with ever-increasing demand for resources from a growing and aging population; and a rapidly changing environment as a result of climate change, with a knock on impact of new diseases. A new conceptualization of resilience must be evolutionary-based, enable a thorough cross-species research, and set the stage for meticulous data collection that tests its specific expression across developmental stages, contexts and psychopathological conditions. How can you develop resilience? Because attitude and response are so important in defining resilience, it is a unique skill. It's an adaptable way of thinking that takes time to master, along with ways for altering one's initial reaction to something terrible or unwelcome.  A...