PSYC33H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dementia, Headache, Aerobic Exercise
Document Summary
Toronto brain health: promoting your cognitive and mental health, programs offered, acquirement brain injury, concussion, healthy aging & dementia, mental health. Founders: eva svoboda, kelly murphy, sabrina lombardi. Facts: 1. 8 million people are diagnosed with concussion in north america per year underestimated number of people every year; 2000 per year, 90+ thousand in ontario alone. Problems with current concussion care: assessment and treatment, early misinformation & mismanagement, few evidence-based options. Problems with current care: people aren"t diagnosed and diagnosed but received misinformation from health care professionals (this is worse, giving misinformation); with improper or wrong information people can become disabled (i. e. , permanent brain damage) Solutions we provide in concussion care: assessment and treatment, education informed by the latest concussion guidelines and research, comprehensive evidence-based care, support in return to work, school, and pre-injury activities. Educating people on what proper treatment looks like.
