concussion triples a person’s risk of
committing suicide sometime in life.
Canadian researchers came to this
alarming conclusion after analysing the
medical records of more than 235,000
adults who had suffered a concussion,
Scientific American reports. The suicides in
the study group occurred an average of six
years after the injury; the risk of suicide
was higher still for those who had suffered
more than one concussion. The researchers
said, however, that it is unclear whether
concussions alone create the suicide risk
or other factors also play a role.
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