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How Along with Psychiatric Therapy You Can Improve Your Memory?

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Dr. Yogesh PokalePsychiatrist • 17 Years Exp.MBBS, Diploma In Psychiarty
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Psychiatry is not just a form of medicine to identify and treat psychiatric illness, but it also helps in improving attention, cognition, memory, and concentration. Psychiatry has a role in different fields and working in the field of memory improvement is quite interesting. Memory is basically the process through which a person stores information for days, months and years.

The human brain is a dynamic entity and has a wonderful capacity to store information and recall it as and when required. However, our memory is affected by a number of reasons, such as aging, accidents, negligence and certain diseases, which involves our brain and nervous system. Further, the memory of an event will improve, based on the frequency at which it has been recalled.

Apart from the frequency of recall, psychiatry can also help a person to improve the capacity of the brain and sharpen their memory to store incidents or events for a prolonged period of time.

How along with psychiatric therapy you can improve your memory

  1. Improving your concentration while doing any work will naturally improve your memory. Doing things with concentration will help us in storing information for a longer period of time.
  2. Relieving your mind from stress or anxiety is also a great way to improve your memory as stress has the ability to hamper your memory.
  3. Eating a balanced and nutritious diet is essential for better memory. For increasing the memory power, psychiatrists insist on a diet which is anti-inflammatory, rich in protein and Omega-3 fatty acids.
  4. A simple 20-minute exercise routine will not just help you to stay fit physically, but mentally as well.
  5. It also important to sleep properly, as sleep helps your mind and body to prepare for the next day. It is also advised to have a short nap in the afternoon to improve your brain functioning during the day time.
  6. Smoking and frequent consumption of caffeine also hamper your memory, thus, it is advised that one should quit smoking and reduce the consumption of caffeine.

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