Brain Capital is a novel concept that puts a premium on brain health and brain skills in our brain economy. Unfortunately — given a range of global challenges — Brain Capital is collapsing. The impacts of adverse brain function have never been greater. Just consider the following effects on you…

A Brain Capital investment Plan has been launched through the unique collaboration of economics, finance, technology and neuroscience executives. Brain capital is a novel asset which puts a premium on brain health and brain skills. Brain health includes emotional and cognitive health across an individual’s lifespan. Compromised brain health greatly…

A team of global experts has published a roadmap for improving mental health by artfully combining various emerging, novel and proven technologies. Many mental health disorders have multiple risk factors which need to be managed. For example, there are 12 modifiable risk factors for dementia, which include education, hypertension, hearing…

We must cultivate a global ecosystem of new and effective mental health solutions. These solutions need to be culturally relevant, ethical, evidence-based, and their development must be globally applicable. Can you think of other entities for our mental health tech menagerie? The mental health field is clearly in desperate need…

The Great Reset A recent Psychiatric Times article used the disaster response framework to map society’s unfolding psychological response to the COVID-19 crisis [1]. Accordingly, there are four main stages of society’s reaction: 1) the heroic phase; 2) the honeymoon phase; 3) the disillusionment phase; and 4) the reconstruction phase…

Suffering from the misery of the COVID pandemic is widespread. A new brain-based approach to restructuring of the economy can address the global brain health emergency. The COVID pandemic is causing global misery. Social and physical distancing causes isolation and reduced social support. The crisis accelerates digitalisation threatening jobs and livelihoods. Fragmented and inconsistent policy approaches exacerbate chronic stress and fear. Many have lost family and friends causing wide-spread bereavement. Those with existing brain health challenges…

Brain health disorders cause trillions of dollars of economic losses in our society each year. The disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these losses. Brain health is essential to ensure that people have the brain skills to flourish in the modern globalised and digitalised economy. Brain skills include…

Coordinated from the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and Trinity College Dublin, a team of diverse experts from six countries and 23 institutions has developed ‘Brain Health Innovation Diplomacy’ (BIND), a novel form of diplomacy that aims to manage technological innovation on brain health. In a paper that appears in International Psychogeriatrics, Dr Walter Dawson, DPhil; Dr Harris Eyre, MD, PhD; and others introduce BIND and consider the effects of ‘deep’ technologies — including infotech, biotech, genomics, and robotics — on brain health screening, prevention, diagnosis and management.

Coordinated between the Texas Medical Center (TMC) and Deakin University in Australia, a team of diverse experts, has developed an approach to driving the development of innovative mental health solutions during COVID. The team of scientists, clinicians and entrepreneurs highlight numerous issues in mental health that may benefit from technological…