Avan Abolfazl, Hachinski Vladimir
Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
Alzheimers Dement. 2022 Jul;18(7):1396-1407. doi: 10.1002/alz.12478. Epub 2021 Sep 27.
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.
大脑健康对于身心健康、社会福祉、生产力和创造力至关重要。当前的神经学研究主要集中在治疗患病大脑和防止病情进一步恶化，而非致力于大脑健康的发展和维护。疫情促使工作环境向虚拟环境转变，加速了跨学科合作的机会，以促进神经科医生、精神科医生、心理学家、神经及社会行为科学家、艺术与人文领域学者、政策制定者和公民之间的大脑健康。这可能有助于揭示大脑疾病与健康的身体、心理、环境和社会经济决定因素之间的相互联系。我们主张将大脑健康作为全球首要任务，制定共同的措施和定义以加强研究与政策制定，找出一些国家中风和痴呆发病率下降的原因，然后在可实施的执行单位应用全面定制的具有成本效益的预防解决方案。生命周期大脑健康是个人、社区和全球最佳的单一投资。
