Objective The overall prevalence of brain disorders – both neurological and psychiatric – is very high in Europe. Although it is well known that the burden and costs of these disorders are high, there is evidence that the overall, personal, social and economic costs of brain disorders have been underestimated because of the lack of valid and reliable information regarding the full range of psychosocial difficulties that actually shape the lived experience of persons with these disorders and affect their quality of life. Current European data on psychosocial difficulties are derived from the diagnostic criteria of each disorder and so take the form of narrow ‘information silos’ that are neither comprehensive nor comparable across disorders. Distinct information silos means that treatment planning, treatment evaluation and outcome assessment ignores commonalities of psychosocial consequences across disorders, undermining treatment efficiency and effectiveness, and ultimately increasing the costs of health and social care provision. The coordination action called PARADISE has the general objective of coordinating the development of a comprehensive and cross-cutting or ‘horizontal epidemiology’ of psychosocial difficulties associated with brain disorders. Since a horizontal epidemiology accounts for the psychosocial difficulties that are actually experienced by people with brain disorders, independently of the brain disorder associated with them, it concentrates on what is more relevant to the lives of people with brain disorders. This leads to more effective intervention planning and management, and therefore to improved quality of life along the continuum of care, in the community, and across the life span. PARADISE coordinates the existing expertise in partners from eight European countries in relation to research literature, data documentation and analysis strategies for a representative range of brain disorders. These disorders are dementia, depression, epilepsy, migraine, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, schizophrenia, stroke and substance use disorders. PARADISE will pave the way to future investigations that more meaningfully track the trajectories of psychosocial difficulties of brain disorders. Fields of science medical and health sciencesbasic medicineneurologyepilepsymedical and health sciencesbasic medicineneurologystrokemedical and health sciencesbasic medicineneurologyparkinson Programme(s) FP7-HEALTH - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Health Topic(s) HEALTH-2009-2.2.1-5 - Psycho-social factors of brain disorders Call for proposal FP7-HEALTH-2009-single-stage See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA-CA - Coordination (or networking) actions Coordinator LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN EU contribution € 243 437,86 Address GESCHWISTER SCHOLL PLATZ 1 80539 Muenchen Germany See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Alarcos Cieza (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID Spain EU contribution € 157 290,00 Address CALLE EINSTEIN 3 CIUDAD UNIV CANTOBLANCO RECTORADO 28049 Madrid See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ana Amigo (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FONDAZIONE IRCCS ISTITUTO NEUROLOGICO CARLO BESTA Italy EU contribution € 215 009,01 Address VIA GIOVANNI CELORIA 11 20133 Milano See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Matilde Leonardi (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Switzerland EU contribution € 255 088,00 Address Avenue Appia 20 1211 Geneve See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Région lémanique Genève Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Somnath Chatterji (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Schweizer Paraplegiker-Forschung AG Switzerland EU contribution € 125 618,00 Address Guido A. Zäch Strasse 4 6207 Nottwil See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Zentralschweiz Luzern Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Mirjam Brach (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE EUROPEAN BRAIN COUNCIL AISBL Belgium EU contribution € 87 916,00 Address RUE D EGMONT 11 1000 Bruxelles / Brussel See on map Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad Activity type Other Administrative Contact Alastair Benbow (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA United Kingdom EU contribution € 81 875,56 Address EARLHAM ROAD NR4 7TJ Norwich See on map Region East of England East Anglia Norwich and East Norfolk Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Tracy Moulton (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTYTUT PSYCHIATRII I NEUROLOGII Poland EU contribution € 110 765,75 Address ULICA SOBIESKIEGO 9 02 957 Warszawa See on map Region Makroregion województwo mazowieckie Warszawski stołeczny Miasto Warszawa Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Marta Anczewska (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CF CONSULTING FINANZIAMENTI UNIONE EUROPEA SRL Italy EU contribution € 120 347,82 Address Via Giuseppe Mussi 1 20154 Milano See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Carla Finocchiaro (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data A-klinikkasäätiö Finland EU contribution € 84 744,00 Address Paasivuorenkatu 2 A 00530 Helsinki See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Raimo Viiansuo (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data