A Holistic Approach to Wellness
No More Broken Brains The twenty-first century is experiencing an epidemic of broken brains. According to a World Health Survey Consortium, “[It] affects 1.1 billion people worldwide”(Demyttenaere, 2004). Almost nobody is left untouched. “[It confronts] one in six children, one in two elderly–[it] will cripple one in four people during their lifetime”(WHO, n.d.). Making up this broken brain phenomena are aspects such as anxiety, autism, depression, bipolar, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s and brain fog. With so many facets to the broken brain problem, the most sensible treatment would probably be differentiated depending on symptoms, with different pills and psychological treatments targeted at each component. And yet, this might not be the case. According to The UltraMind Solution by Dr. Mark Hyman, “The solution to the epidemic of broken brains is not found in more psychoactive medication or better therapy”(Hyman, 2009, p. 21). Hyman (2009) explained that the key to resto...