Brain Health
Brain health to me means maintaining a clear active mind, it’s all about using the making the most of your brain. It also means someone’s condition when it comes to their emotional and psychological well being. In my opinion the term brain health is less stigmatizing rather than saying mental health because now a day we associate the term mental to crazy. It’s still pretty common to hear people say mental to refer to a person with a brain condition. However, in the future I feel like this will change because the stigma on brain health conditions is changing for the better. In biology we looked learned a lot of the nervous system specifically the teenage brain to know some of the reasons of behavior in teens. Some of the interesting things I learned while learning about the nervous system is the function of the following structures:prefrontal cortex, amygdala, hippocampus, hypothalamus, and cerebellum.
When a teens social or basic needs aren’t met there is a correlation to the development of their brain. I say this because adolescence is a critical period for brain development, teens have a tendency to not make good decisions because of their undeveloped prefrontal cortex. The underdeveloped prefrontal cortex of a adolescent connects to not having social or basic needs met because when there is an absence of one of those teens might not take a smart choice. Learning about the brain helps me learn about myself because it’s good basic information to know to explain some of the different changes that are occurring. The most common way I have seen the reduction of stigma on teen brain health is through spreading the via social media. This is a successful way to make people aware of the stigma on teen brain health because it’s an accessible way that is smart so the message can get to many people.
The adolescent brain is unique because it’s a period where it’s leaving childhood and transitioning to adulthood. The adolescent brain is unique because it’s a short amount of time ages 12-25 where it goes through many different changes. It’s important to understand the unique development characteristics of the teen brain to have some evidence as to why they act the way they do. For example, a lot of people during their teenage years are very emotional this is because they are going through puberty and there are many hormones being released.
When a teens social or basic needs aren’t met there is a correlation to the development of their brain. I say this because adolescence is a critical period for brain development, teens have a tendency to not make good decisions because of their undeveloped prefrontal cortex. The underdeveloped prefrontal cortex of a adolescent connects to not having social or basic needs met because when there is an absence of one of those teens might not take a smart choice. Learning about the brain helps me learn about myself because it’s good basic information to know to explain some of the different changes that are occurring. The most common way I have seen the reduction of stigma on teen brain health is through spreading the via social media. This is a successful way to make people aware of the stigma on teen brain health because it’s an accessible way that is smart so the message can get to many people.
The adolescent brain is unique because it’s a period where it’s leaving childhood and transitioning to adulthood. The adolescent brain is unique because it’s a short amount of time ages 12-25 where it goes through many different changes. It’s important to understand the unique development characteristics of the teen brain to have some evidence as to why they act the way they do. For example, a lot of people during their teenage years are very emotional this is because they are going through puberty and there are many hormones being released.