NIM FOUNDER AND HEALTHTRUST PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Shelley Noble-Letort, PhD Mythological Studies with emphasis on Depth Psychology at Pacific Graduate Institute, BA at UCLA, Certified Yoga Therapist (E-RYT C-IAYT)

DATA SCIENTIST
Rupa Shree Appa-Pind, PhD Medical and Molecular Pharmacology at UCLA

MEDICAL DOCTOR (LÆGE VIKAR)
Esther Belmaati, MD PhD Diagnostics Department of Radiology and Lung Medicine at KU Rigshospitalet

MUSIC THERAPIST
Jullie Kolbe Kroier, PhD Musikterapi i Aalborg Universitet, Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) Musikpsykoterapeutisk efteruddannelse

CLINICAL NUTRITIONIST
Vivian Lord, B.H.K. ND Naturopathic Doctor, RAB Ernæringsterapeuter, Dansk Heilpraktiker Forening

PHYSIOTHERAPIST
Perry Owens, BSc Hons Physiotherapy at Oxford Brookes University

ACUPUNCTURIST
Anne Kathrine Lodberg RAB-PA Praktiserende Akupunktorer med fokus pá Auriculoterapi, certifikater i Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Kina og USA.

Our NIM 360 HEALTH CLINIC offers a GDPR compliant multidisciplinary team of healthcare practitioners who provide compassionate person-centered care in the comfort of one place. Our innovative model incorporates the principles of academic medical research and practices with evidence-based complementary and integrative health therapies for the management of chronic illnesses, reduction of pain and associative symptoms.

According to the NIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH):

People often use “alternative” and “complementary” interchangeably, but the two terms refer to different concepts.

If a non-mainstream practice is used in place of conventional medicine, it’s considered “alternative.” 

If a non-mainstream practice is used together with conventional medicine, it’s considered “complementary.”

The term, “integrative health” is used when discussing the incorporation of complementary approaches into conventional, mainstream health care.

Integrative health also emphasizes multimodal interventions, which are two or more interventions such as conventional health care approaches (medication, physical rehabilitation, psychotherapy etc), and complementary health approaches (acupuncture, yoga, probiotics etc) in various combinations, with a broader focus on treating the whole person rather than, for example, one organ system.

Integrative health aims for well-coordinated care among different providers and institutions by bringing conventional and complementary approaches together to care for the whole person.

Researchers are currently exploring the potential benefits of integrative health in a variety of situations, including pain management for military personnel and veterans, relief of symptoms in cancer patients and survivors, and programs to promote healthy behaviors for the prevention of disease.

STRESS can be defined as the consequence of a physical, chemical, or emotional challenge (a stressor) that requires the organism to either adapt or suffer physical or mental strain or tension.

RESILIENCE is the capacity to recover following a stress. From a genetic perspective, resilience is defined as the quality that prevents individuals who are at genetic risk for maladaptation and psychopathology from being affected by [physical, mental strain or tension].

According to Dennis Charney, MD, Dean of Research and the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Pharmacology, and Biological Chemistry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City:

There are 10 critical psychological elements and characteristics of resilience, including:

1. Optimism. Those who are extremely optimistic tend to show greater resilience, which has implications for cognitive therapies that enhance a patient’s positive view of his or her options, thereby increasing optimism;

2. Altruism. Those who were resilient often found that helping others was one way to handle extreme stress, which can also be used therapeutically as a recovery tool;

3. Having a moral compass or set of beliefs that cannot be shattered;

4. Faith and spirituality. For some POWs, prayer was a daily ritual, although others were not at all involved or interested in religion;

5. Humor.

6. Having a role model. Many people with role models draw strength from this; for treatment, using a role model, role modeling, or helping someone discover a role model can be beneficial;

7. Social supports. Having contact with others who can be trusted, either family or friend, with whom one can share most difficult thoughts was important in recovery;

8. Facing fear (or leaving one’s comfort zone);

9. Having a mission or meaning in life; and

10. Training. One can train to become a resilient person or to develop resilience by experience in meeting and overcoming challenges. Dr. Charney believes the importance of training has implications for how we prepare young people for adulthood. He suggested that high school health courses could be adapted to help with this preparation.

Excerpted from 2005 Mt Sinai School of Medicine

NYC Grand Rounds Presentation entitled: “The Psychobiology of Resilience to Extreme Stress: Implications for the Prevention and Treatment of Mood and Anxiety Disorders.”

Cite this article:

Stress and Resilience: Implications for Depression and Anxiety, Medscape – Dec 29, 2005.