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Aug 9, 2022, 7 tweets

Optimizing #BrainHealth 🧠

▶️reduces the burden of neurological disorders
▶️improves mental + physical health
▶️creates positive social & economic impacts

contributing to greater well-being, advancing society. 👉bit.ly/3dehrMz

Many determinants can impact #BrainHealth, leading to lifelong adaptation of brain structure & functioning.

➡️physical health,
➡️healthy environments,
➡️safety and security,
➡️learning and social connection &
➡️access to quality services.

📹 Watch Veronique’s experience with Encephalitis.

She says brain injuries can affect people's mental health. And this needs to be considered when talking about #BrainHealth.

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📹 Watch Soania’s experience with Parkinson’s disease.

She says while we have no control over our diagnosis, we do have control over the challenges the disease brings into our lives. #BrainHealth

👉bit.ly/3zHKxeW

📹 Henk talks about experiencing cognitive fatigue after a stroke. It is a challenge that one must accept, he says. #BrainHealth

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📹 Carola’s brain aneurysm burst in 2016.

She shares how she copes with the changes in her brain. She wants to cultivate a sense of joy despite the challenges of her brain injury. #BrainHealth

👉bit.ly/3zHKxeW

📹 Anja is living with multiple sclerosis.

She wants to be treated not as a patient but as a person with a lot of possibilities and a few severe challenges with which she needs help.

Today she works as a patient advocate in #BrainHealth research. 👉bit.ly/3zHKxeW

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