The European Brain Council Value of Treatment studies in depression and autism by Sophia Frangou

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Rethinking the detection and diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease: Outcomes of a European Brain Council project by Annette Dumas, Frédéric Destrebecq, Giovanni Esposito, Dominika Suchonova, Kristian Steen Frederiksen

“…PET imaging is expensive and of limited availability, and CSF sampling may be considered invasive.The European Brain Council’s ‘Rethinking Alzheimer’s disease: Detection and diagnosis’ White Paper has looked at the barriers to early diagnosis and how the healthcare systems infrastructure for detection and diagnosis of AD need to be transformed in order for people with AD to benefit from innovative solutions once they become approved for use.…”
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The costs of disorders of the brain in Switzerland: an update from the European Brain Council Study for 2010 by Andreas Maercker, Axel Perkonigg, Martin Preisig, Karl Schaller, Michael Weller, Cost of Disorders of the Brain in Europe Study Group

“… BACKGROUND: In 2005, findings of the first “cost of disorders of the brain in Europe” study of the European Brain Council (EBC) showed that these costs cause a substantial economic burden to the Swiss society. …”
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Care pathways for people with major depressive disorder: A European Brain Council Value of Treatment study by Rebecca Strawbridge, Paul McCrone, Andrea Ulrichsen, Roland Zahn, Jonas Eberhard, Danuta Wasserman, Paolo Brambilla, Giandomenico Schiena, Ulrich Hegerl, Judit Balazs, Jose Caldas de Almeida, Ana Antunes, Spyridon Baltzis, Vladmir Carli, Vinciane Quoidbach, Patrice Boyer, Allan H. Young

“…This Value of Treatment mission from the European Brain Council aimed to elucidate the nature and extent of “gaps” between best-practice and current-practice care, specifically to: 1. …”
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Value of treatment by comprehensive stroke services for the reduction of critical gaps in acute stroke care in Europe by Webb, AJS, Fonseca, AC, Berge, E, Randall, G, Fazekas, F, Norrving, B, Nivelle, E, Thijs, V, Vanhooren, G, Stroke Working Group of the European Brain Council Value of Treatment initiative

“…Stroke is the second leading cause of death and dependency in Europe and costs the European Union more than €30bn, yet significant gaps in the patient pathway remain and the cost-effectiveness of comprehensive stroke care to meet these needs is unknown. The European Brain Council Value of Treatment Initiative combined patient representatives, stroke experts, neurological societies and literature review to identify unmet needs in the patient pathway according to Rotterdam methodology. …”

Structured headache services as the solution to the ill-health burden of headache. 2. Modelling effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of implementation in Europe: methodology by Michela Tinelli, Matilde Leonardi, Koen Paemeleire, Dimos Mitsikostas, Elena Ruiz de la Torre, Timothy J. Steiner, on behalf of the European Brain Council Value of Treatment Headache Working Group, the European Headache Federation, the European Federation of Neurological Associations, and Lifting The Burden: the Global Campaign against Headache

“…Our aim here, within the European Brain Council’s Value-of-Treatment project, was to develop headache-type-specific analytical models to be applied to implementation of structured headache services in Europe as the health-care solution to headache. …”
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Structured headache services as the solution to the ill-health burden of headache. 3. Modelling effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of implementation in Europe: findings and concl... by Michela Tinelli, Matilde Leonardi, Koen Paemeleire, Alberto Raggi, Dimos Mitsikostas, Elena Ruiz de la Torre, Timothy J. Steiner, on behalf of the European Brain Council Value of Treatment Headache Working Group, the European Headache Federation, the European Migraine and Headache Alliance and Lifting The Burden: the Global Campaign against Headache

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Future of the aging brain: Bridging the gap between research and policy by Monica Di Luca, Frédéric Destrebecq, Stephanie Kramer

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European brain research area: The operational level by K. Aarts, E. De Witte, S. Kramer, D. Iannone, F. Destrebecq, M. Di Luca

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European brain research area: The strategic level by M. Di Luca, E. De Witte, K. Aarts, S. Kramer, D. Iannone, F. Destrebecq

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The COVID-19 pandemic impact on continuity of care provision on rare brain diseases and on ataxias, dystonia and PKU. A scoping review by Sara Cannizzo, Vinciane Quoidbach, Paola Giunti, Wolfgang Oertel, Gregory Pastores, Maja Relja, Giuseppe Turchetti

“…The manuscript is one of the results of the European Brain Council (EBC) Value of Treatment research project on rare brain disorders focusing on progressive ataxias, dystonia and phenylketonuria with the support of Academic Partners and in collaboration with European Reference Networks (ERNs) experts, applying empirical evidence from different European countries. …”
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The effects of COVID-19 on European healthcare provision for working-age adults with major depressive disorder by Win Lee Edwin Wong, Dilveer Sually, Diego Hidalgo-Mazzei, Vinciane Quoidbach, Judit Simon, Patrice Boyer, Rebecca Strawbridge, Allan H. Young

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Economic impact of reducing treatment gaps in depression by Paul McCrone, Allan H. Young, Roland Zahn, Jonas Eberhard, Danuta Wasserman, Paolo Brambilla, Judit Balazs, Jose Caldas-de-Almeida, Andrea Ulrichsen, Vladmir Carli, Ana Antunes, Giandomenico Schiena, Vinciane Quoidbach, Patrice Boyer, Rebecca Strawbridge

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Effectiveness of mental health first aid training in Sweden. A randomized controlled trial with a six-month and two-year follow-up. by Bengt Svensson, Lars Hansson

“…According to a recent report from the European Brain Council and the European Colleague of Neuropsychopharmacology the one year prevalence of some kind of mental disorder is around 27% among the adult population in Europe. …”
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European Health Data Space—An Opportunity Now to Grasp the Future of Data-Driven Healthcare by Denis Horgan, Marian Hajduch, Marilena Vrana, Jeannette Soderberg, Nigel Hughes, Muhammad Imran Omar, Jonathan A. Lal, Marta Kozaric, Fidelia Cascini, Verena Thaler, Oriol Solà-Morales, Mário Romão, Frédéric Destrebecq, Edith Sky Gross

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Care pathway for autistic children and their families in Europe by M.A. Mendez, A. San Jose Caceres, B. Oakley, D. Murphy, C. Arango, M. Parellada, R. Canitano, V. Quoidbach

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Viewpoint: Assessing the value of mental health treatments in Europe by Judit Simon, Patrice Boyer, Jose M. Caldas-de-Almeida, Martin Knapp, Paul McCrone, Philip Gorwood, Wolfgang Oertel, Celso Arango, Janet Treasure, Allan H. Young, Frederic Destrebecq, Vinciane Quoidbach

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Patient pathways for rare diseases in Europe: ataxia as an example by Julie Vallortigara, Julie Greenfield, Barry Hunt, Deborah Hoffman, Carola Reinhard, Holm Graessner, Antonio Federico, Vinciane Quoidbach, Steve Morris, Paola Giunti

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Impact of specialist ataxia centres on health service resource utilisation and costs across Europe: cross-sectional survey by Stephen Morris, Julie Vallortigara, Julie Greenfield, Barry Hunt, Deborah Hoffman, Carola Reinhard, Holm Graessner, Antonio Federico, Vinciane Quoidbach, Paola Giunti

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Autism care pathway in Europe by Maria A. Mendez, Bethany Oakley, Roberto Canitano, Antonia San José-Cáceres, Michela Tinelli, Martin Knapp, James Cusack, Mara Parellada, Pierre Violland, Jan R. Derk Plas, Ricardo Canal-Bedia, Alvaro Bejarano-Martin, Declan G.M. Murphy, Vinciane Quoidbach, Celso Arango

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