Perceived Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and Suicidality in Former Professional Football Players
This study found that approximately one-third of living former professional ASF players reported perceived CTE. Men with perceived CTE had an increased prevalence of suicidality and were more likely to have health problems associated with cognitive impairment compared with men without perceived CTE. Perceived CTE represents a novel risk factor for suicidality and, if present, should motivate the diagnostic assessment and treatment of medical and behavioral conditions that may be misattributed to CTE-NC.
Authors
- Ross Zafonte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1050-796X)
- Grant L. Iverson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-9570)
- Jonathan H. Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5885-0284)
- Cheyenne Brown
- Rachel Grashow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6961-0243)
- Douglas P. Terry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1707-3225)
- Daniel H. Daneshvar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3691-9513)
- Aaron L. Baggish (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2042-1489)
- Alicia J. Whittington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5075-3033)
- Inana Dairi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2820-0413)
- Herman A. Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3623-7264)
- Marc G. Weisskopf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4513-9834)
- Niki A. Konstantinides (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5286-8229)
- Heather DiGregorio
- Paula S. Atkeson
- Frank E. Speizer
- Le'Roy E. Reese
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Emory University (US)
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Emory Clinic (US)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
- Morehouse School of Medicine (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
- University of Lausanne (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Neurology
- Published
- 2024-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.3083
- Citations
- 22
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.51