NFL study links concussions, depression – Yahoo! News

NFL study links concussions, depression – Yahoo! News:

- A study of more than 2,500 retired NFL players found that those who had at least three concussions during their careers had triple the risk of clinical depression as those who had no concussions.

Of course, you don’t have to be an athlete for this to be relevant. It’s important to realize that there seems a strong and straightforward correlation between concussions (and numbers and severity) and depression (and intensity and the likelihood of having it)

Another reason for sports people at all levels to get very serious about head injuries.

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