The post ‘something is wrong with my brain’ A police officer’s descent appeared first on new york times. One study estimates officers are 54% more likely to die by suicide than the average american worker Stephanie samuels, a psychotherapist who has worked with hundreds of police officers, has long believed that conversations about suicide in law enforcement often overlook an important factor The role of traumatic brain injuries. Health cmpd officer who died by suicide may be nation's first with cte if confirmed, brent simpson would be the first known police officer in the nation to suffer from the degenerative brain disease.
Brent simpson is the first police officer known to have cte, the degenerative brain disease linked to repeated hits to the head that has been found in hundreds of deceased football players and can be diagnosed only after death He showed signs of the disease in the last few years of his life. A large new study reveals police officers are more than twice as likely to sustain traumatic brain injuries (tbis) as the general population, with those injured on duty facing double the risk of developing complex ptsd. Information processing speed, attention and working memory, lexical access, verbal learning and memory, and executive functioning. The role head trauma plays in the mental health of police officers is just now being studied Most officers have not been diagnosed with concussions or tbi's but have had their “bell rung” countless times many of those times there have been no symptoms.
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