Brain health: Key to health, productivity, and well-being.

Avan A., Hachinski V., Brain Health Learn and Act Group .

Brain health is essential for physical and mental health, social well-being, productivity, and creativity. Current neurological research focuses mainly on treating a diseased brain and preventing further deterioration rather than on developing and maintaining brain health. The pandemic has forced a shift toward virtual working environments that accelerated opportunities for transdisciplinary collaboration for fostering brain health among neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, neuro and socio-behavioral scientists, scholars in arts and humanities, policymakers, and citizens. This could shed light on the interconnectedness of physical, mental, environmental, and socioeconomic determinants of brain disease and health. We advocate making brain health the top priority worldwide, developing common measures and definitions to enhance research and policy, and finding the cause of the decline of incidence of stroke and dementia in some countries and then applying comprehensive customized cost-effective prevention solutions in actionable implementation units. Life cycle brain health offers the best single individual, communal, and global investment.

DOI

10.1002/alz.12478

Type

Journal article

Publication Date

2022-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

18

Pages

1396 - 1407

Total pages

11

Keywords

Brain Health Learn and Act Group, brain health, collaboration, definition, dementia, ischemic heart disease, mental health, prevention, promotion, stroke, triple threat, Brain, Brain Diseases, Humans, Life Style, Mental Health, Pandemics

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