Cognitive Behavior Therapy

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many kind of injury that lead to depression that leads to suicide. CTE is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain found in athletes and others with a history of repetitive brain trauma.(http://www.bu.edu/cte/about/what-is-cte/) This are examplelike symptomatic concussions and asymptomatic subconcussive hits to the head.CTE is related with memory lost, and impaired judgment, depression, aggression it can only be diagnosed after death. lots of doctor have done many research on many football players that have CTE they have not found a cure but they have found out it can be treated with medication. taking certain medicines like antidepressants antipsychotics, mood stabilizer can help treat this issue. Doctors are still…show more content…
Cognitive Behavior Therapy uses this approach along with behavioral classes to bring up energy and mood. Medication is a big help through the healing process of depression and CTE The common medications target the neurotransmitter serotonin,it has a big sig nificant role in emotional balance. all these medications can be effective at taking away emotional lows but sometimes they do so at the expense of emotional highs. For others, this emotional range might have a little impact on performance or might even increase it, for others a more low emotional range might negatively impact performance. taking certain medicines like antidepressants antipsychotics, mood stabilizer help the athlete with CTE function better and eating the right foods helps. athletes that go through this processes and use these medicines become much calm can function better and have a clear…show more content…
one day he went missing and before he went missing he sent his mom a note saying the concussions had his head feeling all messed up. on one sunday kosta karageorge was found dead in a dumpster near his apartment place from an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound. Kosta Karageorge is not the first football player to commit suicide from injury due to concessions. In the recent years scientists have shown that the injuries sustained while playing football to continual traumatic encephalopathy, an incurable, degenerative disease it's found in people with a history of brain trauma. another athlete that has committed suicide due to concussion was Terry Long. Terry Long was a offensive lineman for the Steelers in the in the 1980. on June 7th 2005 Terry Long was found dead in his home he had been drinking antifreeze and died hours later. He was 45 years old. Studies have showed that all these athletes were going through some type of concussion or CTE that were making the crazy and depressed mentally that lead them to suicide. HAVING DEPRESSION CTE AND SUICIDE
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