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relationship disease good health received relatively little attention mental health resilience viewed defence mechanism enables people thrive face adversity improving resilience may important target treatment prophylaxis though resilience widelyused concept studies vary substantially definition measurement common underlying theoretical construct heterogeneous research makes evaluation comparison findings extremely difficult furthermore varying multidisciplinary approaches preclude metaanalysis clarification research area must proceed firstly conceptual unification attempt collate classify available research around multilevel biopsychosocial model theoretically semiotically comparable used describing complex chain events related host resistance infectious disease using underlying construct attempt reorganize current knowledge around unitary concept order clarify indicate potential intervention points increasing resilience positive mental health