#  Sonia's Insights Blog - Posts by Tag

##  Mental Health

# Mental Health

Neurodevelopmental movements—including Innate Rhythmic Movements and primitive reflex integration activities—are unmatched in their ability to promote deep and lasting change in the nervous system. They are tremendously effective for:

- Regulating the brainstem
- Reducing fight, flight, and freeze states
- Promoting executive functioning and self-regulation skills

For these reasons, neurodevelopmental movements have a promising role to play in addressing mental health challenges such as anxiety, ADHD, depression, behavioral disorders, and trauma. Get supporting research and find out how therapists are using neurodevelopmental movements to [improve mental health outcomes](https://moveplaythrive.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=8 "Get clinical evidence for using neurodevelopmental movements for mental health").

    [ ![Older woman on a walk, bending down to tie her shoes](https://moveplaythrive.com/images/2023_Misc_Images/Misc_Insight_Images/Cover%20Images/COVER_Stroke.webp) ](https://moveplaythrive.com/resources/blog/research-and-evidence/hope-for-stroke-parkinsons-and-dementia)

###  [ Hope for Stroke, Parkinson's, and Dementia ](https://moveplaythrive.com/resources/blog/research-and-evidence/hope-for-stroke-parkinsons-and-dementia)

   [ ![Young boy sitting in a car looking out the windwo](https://moveplaythrive.com/images/2023_Misc_Images/Misc_Insight_Images/Cover%20Images/COVER_MentalHealth.webp) ](https://moveplaythrive.com/resources/blog/conditions-and-indicators-of-retained-primitive-reflexes/a-sensory-motor-approach-to-mental-health)

###  [ A Sensory-Motor Approach to Mental Health ](https://moveplaythrive.com/resources/blog/conditions-and-indicators-of-retained-primitive-reflexes/a-sensory-motor-approach-to-mental-health)