Institut Guttmann

We need a new approach to pro­mote Brain Health for Life: instead of try­ing to treat dis­eases, we need to edu­cate and empow­er the pub­lic at large to adopt life­long healthy lifestyles. In par­al­lel, we need to bet­ter under­stand brain resilience and its mech­a­nisms to design inter­ven­tions that pro­mote it and delay the onset of clin­i­cal man­i­fes­ta­tions of dis­ease, and the con­se­quent dis­abil­i­ty. [Read more…] about Reminder: Pro­mot­ing Brain Health for Life, Decem­ber 15–16th

We need a dif­fer­ent, two-pronged approach to address the Brain Health for Life chal­lenge: instead of try­ing to treat dis­eases, we need to focus on pro­mot­ing brain health, edu­cate and empow­er the pub­lic to adopt life­long healthy lifestyles in order to min­i­mize the risk of devel­op­ing psy­chi­atric and neu­ro­log­i­cal dis­eases. In par­al­lel, we need to gain a deep­er under­stand­ing of brain resilience and its mech­a­nisms, to be able to design inter­ven­tions to pro­mote it and delay the onset of clin­i­cal man­i­fes­ta­tions of dis­ease and the con­se­quent dis­abil­i­ty. [Read more…] about Save the Date: Pro­mot­ing Brain Health for Life, Decem­ber 15–16th, online