GHD doesn’t stand for Ghastly Horrific Disease, but it could do. It happens after a sixth of concussions, and roughly a quarter of more serious head injuries and it makes you want to kill yourself. Interestingly, suicide risk is tripled after concussion, and four times after worse injury. There were over 100,000 people admitted to […]
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You’ve had multiple concussions in sport. Do you have: Impaired concentration and memory loss? Lack of well-being? Depression and anxiety? Reduced energy? If so, you may fear you have early signs of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) and that it’ll be downhill all the way with this incurable condition. But maybe it’s not as bad as
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Last May a 23-year-old Flemish girl was granted legal euthanasia on the grounds that ‘she was in a medically futile condition of mental suffering.’ Shanti De Corte died surrounded by her family including her mother, who supported her decision. She had suffered serious psychological issues in her teens, but the real trigger was the terrorist
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Whether the Princess was obliquely referring to her brother-in-law last week we shall never know, but one person endorses her comment wholeheartedly. John Willsher (not his real name) aged 51, a likeable and articulate clarinet player from south London, would argue strongly against the received wisdom that more men kill themselves than women because they
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Professor Louis Appleby has received a Knighthood in the 2023 New Year’s Honours listed for his ‘services to medicine and mental health’. No doubt he is being congratulated widely. However, do his services to mental health really bear close examination? He leads the National Suicide Prevention Strategy for England. Such a strategy is vital to
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Head injury makes you four times more likely to die by suicide. Read more here.