Transcription of 40 Neurological disorders: public health challenges - WHO
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40 Neurological disorders: public health challenges - WHO
Neurological disorders : public health challenges4041neurologicaldisordersa public health approachCHAPTER 3in this Headache Multiple Neurological disorders associated with Pain associated with Neurological Parkinson s Traumatic brain injuriesThis chapter consists of 10 sections that focus on the public health aspects of the common Neurological disorders as outlined in the box. Although nota-ble differences exist between relevant public health issues for each neuro-logical disorder, most sections cover the following topics: diagnosis and classifi cation; etiology and risk fac-tors; course and outcome; magnitude (prevalence, incidence, distribution by age and sex, global and regional distribution); disability and mortality; burden on patients families and communities; treatment, management and rehabilitation; delivery and cost of care; gaps in treatment and other services; policies; research; and education and training.
42 Neurological disorders: public health challenges 3.1 Dementia Dementia is a syndrome caused by disease of the brain, usually of a chronic or progressive nature, in which there is disturbance of multiple higher corti-
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