Mental health: neurological disorders - World Health Organization …
网页2016年5月3日 · These disorders include epilepsy, Alzheimer disease and other dementias, cerebrovascular diseases including stroke, migraine and other headache disorders, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, neuroinfections, brain tumours, traumatic disorders of the nervous system due to head trauma, and neurological disorders as a result of malnutrition.
Over 1 in 3 people affected by neurological conditions, the leading ...
网页2024年3月14日 · A major new study released by The Lancet Neurology shows that, in 2021, more than 3 billion people worldwide were living with a neurological condition. The World Health Organization (WHO) contributed to the analysis of the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factor Study (GBD) 2021 data. Neurological conditions are now the …
Brain health - World Health Organization (WHO)
网页2024年7月9日 · The largest contributors of neurological DALYs in 2016 were stroke (42.2%), migraine (16.3%), dementia (10.4%), meningitis (7.9%) and epilepsy (5%). Parkinson disease, propelled by an increasingly ageing population, …
Epilepsy - World Health Organization (WHO)
网页2024年2月7日 · WHO fact sheet on epilepsy, a chronic noncommunicable disorder of the brain that affects people of all ages. The fact sheet includes key facts, signs and symptoms, causes, treatment, prevention,social and economic impacts, human …
Neurological Disorders: Public Health Challenges
网页2006年5月1日 · The document provides the public health perspective for neurological disorders and presents fresh and updated estimates and predictions of the global burden borne by them. Separate sections discuss some of the most important disorders in detail: dementia, epilepsy, headache disorders, multiple sclerosis, neuroinfections, neurological …
The World Health Report 2001: Mental Disorders affect one in four …
网页2001年9月28日 · One in four people in the world will be affected by mental or neurological disorders at some point in their lives. Around 450 million people currently suffer from such conditions, placing mental disorders among the leading causes of ill-health and disability worldwide.Treatments are available, but nearly two-thirds of people with a known mental …
Neurological disorders affect millions globally: WHO report
网页2007年2月27日 · A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that neurological disorders, ranging from epilepsy to Alzheimer disease, from stroke to headache, affect up to one billion people worldwide. Neurological disorders also include brain injuries, neuroinfections, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson disease.The report, …
Parkinson disease - World Health Organization (WHO)
网页2022年6月14日 · Parkinson disease (PD) is a degenerative condition of the brain associated with motor symptoms (slow movement, tremor, rigidity, walking and imbalance) and a wide variety of non-motor complications (cognitive impairment, mental health disorders, sleep disorders and pain and other sensory disturbances).
Migraine and other headache disorders - World Health …
网页2024年3月6日 · Key facts. Headache disorders are among the most common disorders of the nervous system. Headache disorders ranked third (after stroke and dementia) in accounting for overall neurological disease burden as measured by age-standardized disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in 2019.
Mental disorders - World Health Organization (WHO)
网页Neurodevelopmental disorders include disorders of intellectual development, autism spectrum disorder, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) amongst others. ADHD is characterised by a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that has a direct negative impact on academic, occupational, or social functioning.