Company: BWAY
Filing Date: 2025-04-22
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001171843-25-002347
Chunk: 120

Company: Brainsway Ltd.
Filing Date: 2025-04-22
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 5
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CD is a common, chronic, and long-lasting disorder
in which a person has uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts (obsessions) and behaviors (compulsions) that he or she feels the urge to repeat
over and over in a manner that can interfere with all aspects of life, such as work, school, and personal relationships.

Individuals with OCD exhibit obsessions, compulsions,
or both. Obsessions are reoccurring ideas, thoughts, or impulses that cause anxiety that individuals experience excessively and without
cause. Compulsions are defined as repetitive behaviors or thoughts that are performed on a strict schedule and appear to have a purpose
to the patient exhibiting the behavior or thought. Even if an individual is aware that the thoughts are inappropriate or irrelevant, he
or she still might not be able to suppress the thought or the corresponding action. Obsessions tend to be related to contamination, cleanliness,
or orderliness, and so compulsions frequently involve cleaning, washing, counting, arranging things in a particular way, or repeatedly
checking on things. These symptoms can interfere with all aspects of life, such as work, school, and personal relationships. While a wide
spectrum of individuals may exhibit OCD-like symptoms, in order to be diagnosed with OCD, he or she must exhibit symptoms that cause severe
distress or disrupt a person’s functioning for more than one hour per day.

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OCD can severely disrupt an individual’s daily
functioning, and many individuals suffering from OCD have a lower quality of life and significantly more mental distress compared to unaffected
individuals. A survey of OCD patients found that 73% of patients have weakened family relationships, 62% have weakened friendships, and
40% are chronically underemployed or unemployed. Patients with both OCD and MDD, a frequent combination of disorders, experience the most
severely impacted quality-of-life. Additionally, individuals with OCD may feel embarrassment or shame regarding their obsessions and compulsions,
contributing to the low treatment-seeking rate of approximately 36%.

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Despite variances in estimates of the incidence of
the disorder, we believe that a majority of research reports that 2% of the global population suffers from OCD sometime during their lifetime.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately 1.2% of the adult population in the United States suffers from OCD
over their lifetime. Based on these data, we estimate that approximately 3.1 million adults in the United States suffer from OCD annually,