Health Lunchtime Event

Resilience – The Key to Personal Resilience

Prof. Dr. med. Gregor Hasler, University of Freiburg (Switzerland)

Perceived stress has been linearly increasing in Western industrialized countries for decades. In Switzerland, up to 50% of workers frequently or very frequently experience stress. Burnout has become a leading cause of work incapacity. An English study of adolescents shows that the frequency of stress symptoms doubled from 1986 to 2006. In this event, Gregor Hasler demonstrates that common concepts such as "burden" and "work-life balance" can be misleading. Using the latest social and neuroscientific research findings, he explains how to recognize stress in oneself and what can be done about it. The proposed resilience strategy involves the psyche, social interactions, nutrition, and awareness.

Further reading by the speaker:

• Resilienz: Der Wir-Faktor. Gemeinsam Stress und Ängste überwinden, Schattauer-Verlag, 2018
• Die Darm-Hirn-Connection: Revolutionäres Wissen für unsere psychische und körperliche Gesundheit, Klett-Cotta-Verlag, 2020
• Higher Self. Psychedelika in der Psychotherapie, Klett-Cotta-Verlag, 2022

Biography

Gregor Hasler (53) grew up in Lucerne and studied medicine at the University of Zurich. He completed his training as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist at various clinics and the University Hospital Zurich. During a three-year research stay at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda (USA), he deepened his expertise in neurobiological research and investigated the impact of stress on health. In 2006, Hasler became a senior physician at the University Hospital Zurich, where he led the outpatient clinics for affective disorders and psychosomatics. From 2010 to 2018, he was the chief physician at the University Hospital of Psychiatry in Bern and head of the Molecular Psychiatry department at the University of Bern. Since 2019, he has been a full professor of psychiatry and psychotherapy at the University of Freiburg (Switzerland) and chief physician at the Freiburg Network for Mental Health (FNPG). His research focuses on the interplay of social, psychological, and biological factors in the prevention and treatment of mental disorders. His work has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Robert Bing Prize from the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences.