How are people and communities able to prevail despite challenge? What helps them bounce back from adversity and even grow in knowledge and understanding? And can this resilience be taught? During the past decade, exciting scientific advances have shed light on how resilience operates from neurons to neighborhoods. In The Resilience Handbook, experts in the science of resilience draw on human and animal research to describe the process of resilience and follow its course as it unfolds both within individuals and in social networks. Contributors also highlight the promise of new interventions that apply what we know about resilience processes to bolster positive health, and raise some of the pressing questions and issues for the field as it matures.

This handbook is designed to be used by students as an invitation to a burgeoning field; by researchers, as a framework for advancing theories, hypotheses, and empirical tests of resilience functions; and by clinicians, as a comprehensive and up-to-the-minute integration of theory and practice.

About the Author

Martha Kent is a research scientist at the Phoenix VA Health Care System and a member of the Resilience Solutions Group at Arizona State University.

Mary C. Davis is a professor in the department of psychology at Arizona State University and member of the Resilience Solutions Group.

John W. Reich is an emeritus professor of psychology at Arizona State University and the coeditor of the Handbook of Adult Resilience.

Reviews

"Kent, Davis, and Reich (all, Arizona State Univ.) have compiled a strong resource for specialists interested in human stress reactions. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, professionals."

-S.K. Hall, University of Houston-Clear Lake, in CHOICE, May 2014

"A far-reaching, comprehensive analysis of the many ways we adapt to life's slings and arrows. It is rare to find such a broad, integrative research agenda between the covers of a single volume In The Resilience Handbook, readers will find 22 authoritatively written chapters that virtually encircle extant perspectives on human trauma and resilience."

-Anthony Ong, associate professor, department of human development, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University

"A golden thread in the tapestry of mental health: An invaluable and inspiring guide to an important topic destined to play a major role in the future of mental health theory, practice, care and planning and educational policy making."

-Peter Heinl, MD, MRCPsych, author, Splintered Innocence: An Intuitive Approach to Treating War Trauma

"Comprehensive and practical, The Resilience Handbook is an indispensable resource for health-care professionals wanting not only to treat disease, but also to bolster healing, disease prevention, and well-being. This thoughtful and scientifically rigorous collection of essays provides a multidimensional framework for understanding and navigating the many strategies and mechanisms for recovery, even thriving, in the face of adversity."

-Cynthia M. Stonnington, MD, chair, department of psychiatry and psychology, Mayo Clinic in Arizona

"This wonderful book is an absolute must for researchers who are studying resilience, and will do much to advance knowledge and scholarship in the field of resilience research. I am certain that this outstanding book will inspire future generations of resilience researchers and help to inform much-needed resilience know-how across all levels of society."

-Michael Hogan, school of psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway

Book Information
ISBN 9780415818834
Author Martha Kent
Format Paperback
Page Count 324
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 612g