Measuring resilience prospectively as the speed of affect recovery in daily life: a complex systems perspective on mental health

Anna Kuranova, Sanne H. Booij, Claudia Menne-Lothmann, Jeroen Decoster, Ruud van Winkel, Philippe AEG Delespaul, Marc De Hert, Catherine Derom, Evert Thiery, Bart P. F. Rutten, Nele Jacobs, Jim van Os, Johanna T. W. Wigman, Marieke Wichers

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Abstract

There is growing evidence that mental disorders behave like complex dynamic systems. Complex dynamic systems theory states that a slower recovery from small perturbations indicates a loss of resilience of a system. This study is the first to test whether the speed of recovery of affect states from small daily life perturbations predicts changes in psychopathological symptoms over 1 year in a group of adolescents at increased risk for mental disorders.
Original languageEnglish
Article number36
Number of pages11
JournalBMC Medicine
Volume18
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Feb 2020

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