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njuries to the head can leave victims susceptible to early death even years later through impaired judgement, a major analysis of survivors shows.
Those with a history of psychiatric disorders before the injury are most at risk of dying prematurely.
The study, in JAMA Psychiatry, of 40 years of data on more than two million people, showed that overall a brain injury trebled the risk.
Suicide and fatal injuries were among the commonest causes of early death.
More than one million people in Europe are taken to hospital with a traumatic brain injury each year.
The study, by researchers at the University of Oxford and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, looked at Swedish medical records between 1969 and 2009.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25747704
Those with a history of psychiatric disorders before the injury are most at risk of dying prematurely.
The study, in JAMA Psychiatry, of 40 years of data on more than two million people, showed that overall a brain injury trebled the risk.
Suicide and fatal injuries were among the commonest causes of early death.
More than one million people in Europe are taken to hospital with a traumatic brain injury each year.
The study, by researchers at the University of Oxford and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, looked at Swedish medical records between 1969 and 2009.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25747704