What is happening with Chronic Stress & Brain Health #shorts

Name: What is happening with Chronic Stress & Brain Health #shorts
Uploaded: 2022-11-13T07:30:06+00:00
Duration: 35 s
Channel: Claudia von Boeselager
Description: In this short, the speaker highlights the alarming prevalence of chronic stress, noting that over half of people in the United States experience it. The…

13 Nov 2022 · 1 min

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In this short, the speaker highlights the alarming prevalence of chronic stress, noting that over half of people in the United States experience it. The increase is linked to post‑pandemic changes and the inherent pressures of modern life. The speaker emphasizes that chronic stress is a major risk factor for a range of mental‑health and neuro‑cognitive conditions, including depression, cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment, and dementias such as Alzheimer’s, warning viewers that sustained stress is detrimental to brain health.

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And beyond that, when you look at the state of mental health in the United States and worldwide right now, what you see is really high rates of experiencing chronic stress. So chronic stress, we're talking about over half the people in the United States. A lot of that relates to changes that have happened since the pandemic. Some of it relates to the intrinsic nature of the modern world. And when you understand that chronic stress is one of the principal risk factors for developing depression, for developing cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment, depress— dementias like Alzheimer's, And just that if you are experiencing that, maybe you remember that is not a good place to be.