The size, burden and cost of disorders of the brain in the UK

Naomi Fineberg; Peter M. Haddad; Lewis Carpenter; Brenda Gannon; Rachel Sharpe; Allan H. Young; Eileen Joyce; James Rowe; D. Wellsted; David J. Nutt; Barbara J. Sahakian

doi:10.1177/0269881113495118

The size, burden and cost of disorders of the brain in the UK

Naomi Fineberg
, Peter M. Haddad
, Lewis Carpenter
, Brenda Gannon
, Rachel Sharpe
, Allan H. Young
, Eileen Joyce
, James Rowe
, D. Wellsted
, David J. Nutt
, Barbara J. Sahakian

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Aim: The aim of this paper is to increase awareness of the prevalence and cost of psychiatric and neurological disorders (brain disorders) in the UK. Method: UK data for 18 brain disorders were extracted from a systematic review of European epidemiological data and prevalence rates and the costs of each disorder were summarized (2010 values). Results: There were approximately 45 million cases of brain disorders in the UK, with a cost of €134 billion per annum. The most prevalent were headache, anxiety disorders, sleep disorders, mood disorders and somatoform disorders. However, the five most costly disorders (€ million) were: dementia: €22,164; psychotic disorders: €16,717; mood disorders: €19,238; addiction: €11,719; anxiety disorders: €11,687. Apart from psychosis, these five disorders ranked amongst those with the lowest direct medical expenditure per subject (

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	761-70
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Psychopharmacology
Volume	27
Issue number	9
Early online date	24 Jul 2013
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881113495118
Publication status	Published - Sept 2013

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