ADD and ADHD affects an estimated 8.5 to 14 million children and adults in the United States alone.

Schizophrenia affects 1% of the population, or 2.8 million Americans ages 18 and older. Currently, there are no laboratory tests available that will definitively diagnose schizophrenia.

Bipolar Disorder, formerly called manic depression, is a brain disorder that plagues as many as 2.8 million U.S. adults. In a recent study, a staggering 12 million adults have symptoms of bipolar disorder or related syndromes. No current methodology exists for diagnosis and treatment because symptoms change at different stages of the illness.

Autism Spectrum Disorders affect an estimated 1 in 166 births, which translates to 1.7 million Americans today. Autism is growing at a startling rate of 170,000–289,000 a year based on statistics from the U.S. Department of Education. At this rate, those afflicted with autism could reach almost 5 million within the next decade.

Alzheimer’s impinges on the lives of 4.5 million Americans, and their families. Though it is not a normal part of aging, 5% of people ages 65-74 have Alzheimer’s, while it affects nearly half of the people age 85 and up.

Parkinson’s Disease affects 1.5 million Americans, and another 60,000 are diagnosed with the disease every year, bringing the total number of sufferers into the millions.

Huntington’s Disease afflicts 1 in every 10,000 people, currently totaling approximately 30,000 people in the United States. Even more alarming, at least 150,000 others have a 50% chance of developing Huntington’s, and thousands more of their relatives live with the possibility that they, too, might develop the disease.

It is the goal of the International Brain Research Foundation, Inc. to bring an end to these diseases, and more, through collaborations undertaken by the brightest scientific minds in the research centers of excellence throughout the world.