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Disorders of the human brain, such as depression, schizophrenia and addiction, are the cause of immeasurable human suffering. As they are largely chronic and strike in youth, brain disorders lead to greater disability and loss of productivity than any other category of illness. On 24– 25 October 2009, leaders from the fields of research, medicine, industry, government and philanthropy convened at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC to launch an initiative fostering personalized medicine for the brain. The Mayflower Action Group Initiative was instigated by BRAINnet, a new non-profit foundation that provides a database on the human brain using standardized methods.