Brain Science: It's Personal
It seems counterintuitive that as a species with a boundless wealth of knowledge about the inner workings of the brain, that:
Our nervous systems and brains are collectively functioning worse than ever before.
This translates to millions of adults whose brains are functioning so poorly they are unable to perform the tasks of daily living. There are 5.6 million adults and 1.2 million children with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia; 20.9 million American adults depression; 40M adults with forms of anxiety living in the US this year.
A more alarming issue may be the new categories of brain dysfunctions bubbling above the radar involving memory, social bonding, impulse control, and attention. In the 1940's autism was so rare a doctor could expect to go his entire career without hearing of a case of autism. As of 2007, it affects one in every 150 kids.
In a more conservative studies, autism showed a 273 percent increase from 1987 to 1998. The US department of education depicts a 544% increase from 1992-2000. Other research shows that autism has increased by thousands of percent since the 1950's. Although a global warming type debate dogs autism research where an attempt is made to attribute the increases we see, to better diagnosing skills, conservative research reports that at least 50% of the increase cannot be accounted for by better diagnosing skills or other factors.
The US has increasing problems with attention processing in our brains. There are 12M people in the US diagnosed with ADHD/ADD.(up from 4M a decade ago) and 2.8M kids with learning disabilities. US school children get over 350 million doses of methylphenidate every year for these attention and conduct disorders.
Torrey and Miller document a five fold increase in serious mental illnesses over the last 200 years. From 1840 to 1955, the number of "mentally ill" in the United States soared from 2,561 to 558,922. During that same period, the U.S. rate of mental illness rose from 0.15/1,000 persons to 3.38/1,000. Again, some of the increase results from more reporting of illness, but the bulk of the increase cannot be explained this way. http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/p020401b.html
In addition to mental illness, central nervous system related conditions such as impulse control (obesity, substance abuse, and gambling), migraines, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, sleep disorders, MS, palsy and meningitis are increasing too. Working together to highlight practical information for brain owners never seemed so possible and important.
What are your thoughts on the meaning of brain studies for us personally?
Brain Science: It's Personal
It seems counterintuitive that as a species with a boundless wealth of knowledge about the inner workings of the brain, that:
Our nervous systems and brains are collectively functioning worse than ever before.
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| Light |
| Movement |
| Smell |
| Morphic fields |
| Restore |
| Air |
| Electrical Nutrition |
| Cognitive override |
| Emotions |
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