9th Annual “N20” Neuroscience20 (Brain, Spine, and Mental Health) Summit to Shed Light On $16T+ Global Cost of Neuro-psychiatric Disorders
Neurological disorders significantly impact the worlds economy due to their often chronic and life-threatening nature, creating a global disease burden.
- Neurological disorders significantly impact the worlds economy due to their often chronic and life-threatening nature, creating a global disease burden.
- The N20 - an initiative of the Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT) - is at the forefront of this worldwide collaboration to comprehensively raise awareness about brain, spine, and mental disorders.
- We studied the cost of neuro-psychiatric and spine disorders to the world economy, and it took us almost a year to compile the data.
- We discovered a total cost of over $16T annually to the world economy and $1.5T to the US economy.