Brain Health
Introduction
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines brain health as "the state of brain functioning across cognitive, sensory, social-emotional, behavioral, and motor domains, allowing a person to realize and develop their full potential."
Conditions such as health lifestyles, healthy environments, safety and security, life-long learning, and social connections as well as access to quality healthcare influence our overall health and the way our brains develop, adapt, and respond to stress and adversity.
Strategies which strengthen and improve these conditions promote brain health and help prevent brain damage or disease. Optimizing these conditions not only improves overall and brain health but also creates positive social and economic impacts that contribute to greater well-being for individuals, families, and communities.
Conditions which adversely affect brain health may emerge during different stages of life and disrupt brain growth, damage brain structure, and/or impair brain functioning. Congenital and neurodevelopmental conditions as well as neurological disorders, illness, injuries, and toxicity may develop at any time during life and require an interdisciplinary approach including diagnostics, early intervention, treatment, care, and rehabilitation.
As with everything else related to health, prevention and early intervention are usually the best approach to brain health. Over the next few weeks and months, we will post information to raise awareness to promote and protect brain health and prevent brain damage or disease.
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