That is not accurate. According to NIMH, the highest rate (14.3 per 100,000) is for people 65 and older. The next highest is ages 20-24, followed by 15-19.
The author's logic is correct, as far as it goes. If men from age groups that are less likely to commit suicide are doing so in unexpected numbers, then perhaps they have a significant factor in common: a factor such as head trauma. This reasoning doesn't prove the causation, but the article says physical studies and other research are being done on the subject.
Some of the folks on this thread, insisting football can't possibly have been a factor because They Believe™, willfully ignore the physical brain studies.
I've seen what brain injury can do to a person and can understand why these players would take their lives before they full lost control and became unrecognizable as themselves.
Some of the folks on this thread, insisting football can't possibly have been a factor because They Believe™, willfully ignore the physical brain studies.
I've seen what brain injury can do to a person and can understand why these players would take their lives before they full lost control and became unrecognizable as themselves.
“That is not accurate. According to NIMH, the highest rate (14.3 per 100,000) is for people 65 and older. The next highest is ages 20-24, followed by 15-19.
The author’s logic is correct, as far as it goes. If men from age groups that are less likely to commit suicide are doing so in unexpected numbers, then perhaps they have a significant factor in common: a factor such as head trauma. This reasoning doesn’t prove the causation, but the article says physical studies and other research are being done on the subject.”
I have to say, this display of knowledge, logic, and scientific discipline may have turned me on a little. I see it so rarely, and when I do, the reaction is nearly physical.
Congratulations.
You sure you want to go there? (Sorry. Couldn't resist.)
I apologize for the off-topic posts. I don't follow football but it sounds as if this Junior Seau was a relatively nice fellow, and of course suicide is always tragic. Condolences to his family, friends, and fans.