A new JAMA study suggests that traumatic brain injury is linked to an increased risk of suicide, following on past research that has pointed to a connection between the two. Researchers analyzed data from nearly 35,000 deaths by suicide in Denmark over 35 years. Roughly 10 percent of people had been treated for mild or severe TBI or skull fracture. Individuals treated for severe TBI had more than double the suicide risk of people without a TBI.
Learn more: Association Between Traumatic Brain Injury and Risk of Suicide