In recent years, the threat of suffering a concussion has been under the attention, particularly as the neurological illness that is degenerative is identified as chronic traumatic encephalopathy has been originated after the deaths of several football players. Including concussions, the degenerative disease is assumed to be related to brain trauma.
Concussions may also be linked with a rise in the long-standing risk of suicide, a new study has found now. Specialists have long known that a serious, traumatic brain damage increases the threat of suicide, but this study discards more focus on how concussions a regular mild head injury may force overall suicide danger.
The Canadian Medical Association Journal study published observed at the long-term risk of somebody committing suicide whether they have ever undergone a concussion.
According to the study, the suicide rate in Ontario, Canada, where the study was conducted, is roughly nine per 100,000 people. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it’s about 12 per 100,000 people in the U.S. as a whole.
Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and a lead researcher in the study, Dr. Donald Redelmeier, said he is confident that the research will support doctors to take the next look at patients who suffered from concussion.