The burden and cost of disorders of the brain in Europe with the inclusion of harmful alcohol use and nicotine addiction
European Neuropsychopharmacology, 08/20/2012
Clinical Article
Effertz T et al. – If added to the burden and cost calculations the substance use disorders rank on top of all disorders of the brain in Europe. Regardless of the calculation procedure the figures represent lower estimates and have to be regarded as conservative approaches.



