Resilience can be practiced and taught

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

In part 1 of a 3 part series, James Griffith, MD, joins MDedge Psychiatry Editor-in-Chief Lorenzo Norris, MD to define resiliency. Dr. Griffith is the chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the George Washington University School of Medicine.

In this episode, Dr. Griffith notes that currently, there are as many as six or seven different definitions of resilient and that whenever a clinical term becomes widely used in popular culture, the term can get muddled. Dr. Griffith says that he draws heavily on previous work by Froma Walsh, Ph.D., to help him define resilience as a practice -- “something that you do, not something that you are.”

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Podcast Participants

^{Lorenzo Norris, MD}

Lorenzo Norris, MD, is host of the MDedge Psychcast, editor in chief of MDedge Psychiatry, and assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at George Washington University, Washington. He also serves as assistant dean of student affairs at the university, and medical director of psychiatric and behavioral sciences at GWU Hospital. Dr. Lorenzo Norris has no conflicts of interest.

^{Renee Kohanski, MD}

Renée S. Kohanski, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist with additional training in forensic psychiatry. She has been a board examiner for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and has enjoyed a broad-based practice in academic, community, and forensic psychiatry. She is currently a solo practitioner and owner of RK Psychiatry Associates and serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of MDEdge Psychiatry. Talkers magazine describes Dr. Kohanski as “one of the most reliable ‘go-to’ sources for insights and information about psychiatry in the media today.” Dr. Renée Kohanski has no conflicts of interest.