Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life's Greatest Challenges
Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life's Greatest Challenges
Author: Steven M. Southwick, Dennis S. Charney
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 05/03/2018
Pages: 330
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.46w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9781108441667
About the Author
Southwick, Steven M.: - Steven Southwick is a recognized expert on the psychological and neurobiological effects of extreme psychological trauma. Dr Southwick is the inaugural Greenberg Professor of Psychiatry, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Resilience at the Yale University School of Medicine and the Yale Child Study Center, adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Medical Director of the Clinical Neurosciences Division of the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. He has worked with a wide range of trauma survivors including combat veterans, civilian children and adults with PTSD, and very high functioning stress resilient former prisoners of war and active duty Special Forces soldiers and Navy Seals.Charney, Dennis S.: - Dennis S. Charney is a world expert in the neurobiology and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders. Dr Charney is the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York and President for Academic Affairs at Mount Sinai Health System. He has led pioneering research on the psychobiological mechanisms of human resilience to stress.