Perceived CTE and suicidality in former professional football players

About The Study: This study found that approximately one-third of living former professional football players reported perceived chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Men with perceived CTE had an increased prevalence of suicidality and were more likely to have health problems associated with cognitive impairment compared with men without perceived CTE. Perceived CTE represents a novel risk factor for suicidality and, if present, should motivate the diagnostic assessment and treatment of medical and behavioral conditions that may be misattributed to CTE neuropathological change.

Corresponding Authors: To contact the corresponding authors, email Rachel Grashow, PhD, MS, (rgrashow@hsph.harvard.edu) and Aaron L. Baggish, MD, (aaron.baggish@chuv.ch).

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(doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.3083)

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