Newsletters: How to improve brain health—and unlock years of higher quality of life

Edited by Katherine Tam
Editor, New York

It's time we prioritize brain health. Brain health conditions, which encompass mental and substance-use disorders, make up about 10 percent of global disease burden—that's equal to all cancers combined. If you account for comorbidities and downstream conditions exacerbated by these disorders, brain health conditions are on par with heart disease as one of the top three most burdensome conditions in our society. In a series of new interactives, McKinsey Health Institute coleaders Erica Coe and Kana Enomoto make the case that addressing these disorders could unlock over 150 million years of higher quality of life worldwide by using what exists today. Check it out and see why it's time that society treats brain health conditions with the same urgency, skill, and compassion as other health conditions.

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Prioritizing brain health: Scaling what works to add years to life and life to years

How many more years can be spent in optimal health if our society viewed mental and substance-use disorders as we do other conditions? The McKinsey Health Institute and the Healthy Brains Global Initiative collaboration sought to answer this question through a series of interactives.

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How to improve brain health—and unlock years of higher quality of life

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