MAP Train My Brain™ and the Pursuit of Better Mental Health for All

A brain fitness program designed and developed by neuroscientists

Discussing mental health is no longer the taboo subject that it was in decades past. More and more, it feels as if we are transitioning into an era where people are not only more free to share their personal concerns over depression and anxiety, but are also encouraged to seek out the treatment they may require.

The question of how to improve mental health at the population level, however, is incredibly complex. Despite there being characteristic behavioural symptoms of anxiety and depression, the underlying physiological processes in the brain are not well understood — at least they are not as well understood as you may believe. For this reason, there is a general oversimplification that mental health problems are caused by a “chemical imbalance.” The reality, however, is that there are hundreds (if not thousands) of “chemicals” that influence brain function. And the so-called “imbalance” is affected by your entire life history — your past experiences, your changing diet and exercise habits, the cognitively stimulating events in your day-to-day life, the people around you, stressors in your surrounding environment, and so much more.