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New study links concussions with increased risk of ‘major depressive symptoms’ and PTSD

On January 30th, 2019, a study titled ‘Rick of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Major Depression in Civilian Patients After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury’ was published in the medical journal JAMA Psychiatry (h/t Bustle).

The study was conducted at University hospitals in California, Massachusetts, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania and included the University of California San Diego, La Jolla, Harvard Medical School, and Baylor College of Medicine. The study was also conducted at the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Center at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center in San Francisco, CA.