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A New Link Between Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide

A new study finds for the first time that military members with multiple traumatic brain injuries are more likely to be at risk for suicide, not only in the short term, but throughout their lifetime. The study found that often they sustained some of those head injuries earlier in life — usually while playing sports like football — the impact of which are then compounded by injuries sustained in combat. The study was conducted by Craig Bryan, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Utah and associate director of the National Center for Veterans Studies.
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