The Relationship Between Resilience and Stress


	The Relationship Between Resilience and Stress

dmegivern

10-24-2007 6:36 PM

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resilience, stress, mental.health, coping

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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://psychcentral.com/news/2007/10/22/stress-resilience-takes-work/1437.html"><P><IMG alt="mouse" src="http://psychcentral.com/news/u/2007/10/stressresiliencetakeswork.jpg" id="newsimg" />Researchers discover the ability to cope or deal with stress is linked to specific differences in the way brain cells communicate with each other.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://psychcentral.com/news/2007/10/22/stress-resilience-takes-work/1437.html"><P>“One of the major insights provided by this work is that resilience to stress is an active process,” said Dr. Eric Nestler senior author of the study, which appears in the journal <EM>Cell</EM>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://psychcentral.com/news/2007/10/22/stress-resilience-takes-work/1437.html"><P>“This means that chronic stress, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and similar disorders might be treated by promoting the mechanisms that underlie resilience,” said Dr. Nestler.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://psychcentral.com/news/2007/10/22/stress-resilience-takes-work/1437.html"><P>The mice that coped less effectively were also less attracted to sugar but more to cocaine than the coping mice, suggesting that there was a link between their vulnerability to stress and substance abuse.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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