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Traumatic Brain Injury

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Traumatic Brain Injury Isn't Just an NFL Problem
Chris Borland retired early out of concern for his long-term mental and emotional health as a result of football's well-documented link to traumatic brain injury. Hopefully, his bold move will lead to better prevention and treatment of brain trauma in football, but it is also an issue for young athletes, military veterans, and others.
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Apr 30, 2015
Washington Post PostEverything
Terri Tanielian

Workplace Injury Prevention

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What Bangladesh — and US Retailers — Must Do to Prevent Man-Made Tragedies
Perhaps most tragic of all are the disasters that are wholly preventable: the deaths, maimings, and crushed livelihoods that result from human callousness or indifference, writes Jonah Blank.
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May 17, 2013
Christian Science Monitor
Jonah Blank

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While neurodivergent diagnoses are not automatically disqualifying from Army service, any new recruit who reveals a diagnosis jumps through hoops to serve. Some described having to prove that their diagnoses do not impede their ability to serve, which puts the burden on an eighteen-year-old to prove a negative for which the Army has no assessment criteria.

Cortney Weinbaum

Senior Management Scientist
Source: Modern War Institute (West Point)
Indefinite deployment and inadequate rest and rotation, due to a shortage of soldiers, mean that Russian soldiers endure prolonged exposure to combat stress, which intensifies feelings of resentment and helplessness.

Dara Massicot

Senior Policy Researcher
Source: The Economist