Tag: Dennis S. Charney MD

RESILIENCE: THE SCIENCE OF MASTERING LIFE’S GREATEST CHALLENGES by Dennis S. Charney, MD – Dean Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai RESILIENCE PRESCRIPTION Positive Attitude Optimism is strongly related to resilience Optimism is, in part, genetic but can be learned (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) Neurobiological Mechanisms: Reward circuits, converse of learned helplessness Cognitive Flexibility through Cognitive…