[They] clearly lack the illusions that in normal people promote mental health and buffer them against setbacks".
This research, he says, is "the first to provide direct neurobiological support" in healthy adults for the "reserve" hypothesis, the notion that mental activity provides a buffer against cognitive decline.
From a cultural standpoint, once your particular mind is out of the NOS holding buffer, your mental health status becomes black and white - and you become unambiguously diagnosable!
The social contact, support, and opportunity to develop closeness and trust could help buffer their mental health.
Other studies have found that social support serves as a buffer for mental health problems [ 28], and social environment and personal resources have been suggested as important mediating or modifying factors [ 3].
There are human strengths that reinforce mental fortitude acting as buffers against mental illness, such as courage, future-mindedness, optimism, interpersonal skills, faith, work ethics, hope, honesty, perseverance and capacity for flow and insight.
To counteract the potential harmful influence of these factors, focus should be on ensuring the presence of positive organizational support mechanisms, such as influence, social support, organizational justice, and trust, which might serve as protective buffers against mental health problems.
In a longitudinal study, Ystgaard and colleagues found that social support had a buffer effect against mental health problems in boys exposed to life adversities [ 41].
This could be explained through findings which support that the availability of effective support systems functions as a buffer system against mental health problems [ 39].
