Teen concussion tied to increased threat for suicidal behaviors

Adolescents who report concussion have elevated odds of reporting suicidal behaviors, based on a research revealed on-line Nov. 16 within the Journal of Athletic Coaching.

Jacob J.M. Kay, Ph.D., from Prisma Well being Youngsters’s Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina, and colleagues examined the affiliation between self-reported concussion frequency and nonfatal suicidal behaviors amongst youth. The evaluation included information from 28,442 U.S. secondary college college students taking part within the nationwide Youth Threat Conduct Surveillance System.

The researchers discovered that college students who reported two or extra concussions had considerably better odds of reporting suicidal makes an attempt (adjusted odds ratio, 2.03) versus college students reporting a single concussive occasion through the earlier 12 months. There have been interactions noticed by intercourse, with the affiliation pushed by boys. Amongst ladies, there was no distinction within the energy of affiliation by variety of concussions.

“Future longitudinal examinations are vital to higher perceive the potential cumulative results of concussion on adolescent psychological well being and promote the event of earlier prevention methods aimed toward mitigating the hyperlink between concussive harm and probably deadly threat behaviors,” the authors write. “As such, colleges would profit from implementing common psychological well being assessments and interventions to assist college students keep away from emotions of melancholy and suicidality after concussion.”

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