Half of people who are homeless may have experienced traumatic brain injury

Source: http://www.brainhealtheducation.org/half-of-people-who-are-homeless-may-have-experienced-traumatic-brain-injury/

The results published in The Lancet Public Health journal suggest that one in two homeless people experience a TBI (53 percent), and almost one in four experience a TBI that is moderate or severe (25 percent). Their findings also suggested that TBI is consistently associated with poorer self-reported physical and mental health, suicidality and suicide risk, memory

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Source: http://www.brainhealtheducation.org/half-of-people-who-are-homeless-may-have-experienced-traumatic-brain-injury/

The results published in The Lancet Public Health journal suggest that one in two homeless people experience a TBI (53 percent), and almost one in four experience a TBI that is moderate or severe (25 percent). Their findings also suggested that TBI is consistently associated with poorer self-reported physical and mental health, suicidality and suicide risk, memory

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