Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders & TreatmentISSN: 2324-8947

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BorisCyrulnik Author

boris.cyrulnik@wanadoo.fr

Subjects of specialization
Diurnal cortisol, Resilience, Trauma

Affiliation
Department of neuropsychiatrist, ethologist, psychiatrist.University of Toulon France

Biography

Boris Cyrulnik is a neuropsychiatrist, ethologist, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst specializing in the psychological concept of resilience. In 1995, he became teaching director of a University Diploma (UD) at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Toulon. And he is also a professor of human ethology at the University of South-Toulon-Var, Boris Cyrulnik is best known for developing the concept of “resilience”.

Publications

Research Article Open Access

Psychobiological Resilience: A Longitudinal Qualitative Exploratory Approach

Author(s):

Mélanie Laurent, Pierre Bustany, Claude de Tychey, Joelle Lighezzolo-Alnot, Jean Paysant, Marianne Krier and Boris Cyrulnik

Objective: To introduce researchers to a new qualitative method for longitudinally exploring the links between biological resilience and psychological resilience among adults having been confronted with the risk of death.

Methods: Biological resilience was assessed in three participants who were respectively resilient, non-resilient, and recovered, within two months following a traumatic event involving the risk of death, and then again after 10 months, 17 months, and 24 months. Various markers of diurnal cortisol, including CAR (cortisol awakening response), area under the curve (AUC), diurnal slope, peak, etc., were taken into account. Psychological resilience was approached via the absence of psychopathological symptoms of PTS... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8947.1000180

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