Study Connects Head Injuries and Mental Health Challenges among Law Enforcement Officers
A new study is the first to shed light on the high prevalence of head injuries and related mental health symptoms in a previously overlooked population when it comes to concussion surveillance: law enforcement officers. The survey of Ohio law enforcement officers found that 74% reported a lifetime history of one or more head injuries and 30% had a head injury which happened on the job. Many more of these injuries went unreported than were treated by a health care…