Aaron Antonovosky referred to Salutogenesis, the origin of health, in the late 1970s. He described it as a movement toward wellness in understanding and managing our lives with greater resources, developing stronger resistance and creating a solid sense of coherence. It is the experiences that people have, which help shape the resources and meaning brought to their lives. A Salutogenic life deviated from a pathogenicperspective, and was described as one that was health promoting, meaningful to the individual and added years to life.
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Salutogenesis Central to Wellbeing
Salutogenesis Central to Wellbeing
Neural Resilience is the next developmental stage. It is the alignment of neuroscience to the application of psychology. It is about proactive mental health, building reliable strategies to better respond to challenges, and the promotion of optimal lives via insights in brain research and brain function. Salutogenesis is the theory of building wellbeing through the development of human assets. Wellbeing is the focus of psychological science which investigates human potential, positive health, emotional competency and the ability to thrive and ourish. The main dierencebetween the clinical and health methodology is that the latter applies a strengths-basedapproach to identifying and improving wellbeing rather than a decit-based approach tosolely treat illness. It does not ignore the symptoms or aictions, but simply does not usethe absence of decits to describe the presence of an optimal quality of life. This framework magnies the inuence of relational resilience and the critical importance of character and connectedness to build strong social-emotional capital. plasticity.
