The World Health Organization ranks traumatic brain injury (TBI) as the leading cause of both disability and mortality in individuals below the age of 45. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two million new TBIs are reported each year in the United States as a result of falls, accidents, and concussions. Millions of others go unnoticed leading to what many researchers have called the “silent epidemic.”
TBIs, including concussions, are a
major cause of psychiatric illness and
few people know this, because most psychiatrists never look at the brain. In fact, TBI has been linked to:
• Homelessness
• Drug and alcohol abuse
• Anxiety
• Depression
• ADD/ADHD
• School failure
• Job failure
• Murder
• Suicide
• Domestic violence
• Incarceration
What Research Has Shown
New research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal shows that “even mild concussions sustained in ordinary community settings might be
more detrimental than anyone anticipated; the long-term risk of suicide increases threefold in adults if they have experienced even one concussion.” An additional study
reiterated the seriousness of traumatic brain injury stating it is “the leading cause of death and disability in young adults in the developed world” and that “individuals with mild TBI, with concussion, had an elevated suicide risk by 81 percent.”
This link between TBIs contributing to poor outcomes later in life was recently investigated in much greater depth.
Research published in PLOS Medicine studied more than a million people born since 1973 and followed them to see how head injuries impacted their lives in the coming decades.
It was discovered that people who had suffered even a mild traumatic head injury (which was defined as a head injury which left them feeling dazed or confused) were 60 percent more likely to have died in the studied period than people who had no injury.
Even more of a concern, they were also 91 percent more likely to have been hospitalized for a psychiatric problem, 55 percent more likely to have done less well in education, and 52 percent more likely to have needed disability benefit.
How We Can Help
When Amen Clinics performed the
first and largest study on active and retired NFL players, the results showed high levels of brain damage. This came at a time when the NFL was still maintaining that they didn’t know if playing football causes long-term brain damage.
We put the players on our program with
The Amen Clinics Method and demonstrated that
80 percent of them could improve in the areas of a blood flow, memory, and mood.
That study provided even more compelling evidence that you are NOT stuck with the brain you have and you can make it better on a brain-healthy program.
Amen Clinics has helped thousands of people heal their brains and they can help you, too. With targeted treatment you
can change your brain and change your life. If you feel that you or a loved one could benefit from an evaluation, contact the
Amen Clinics Care Center today at 888-288-9834.
