Sorry if any similar threads have been posted, but the whole rampage situation makes me wonder about sports involving head trauma and how it correlates with mental illness. Many boxers, football players, and even victims of an isolated severe beating have become victims of extreme depression, anxiety, and even schizophrenia. For example, after an autopsy on former NFL DB Andre Waters, doctors concluded he had brain tissue deterioration equivalent to that of an 85 year old man. I hope whatever is eating at Rampage can be cured with counseling and perhaps medication, and is not the result of irreversible brain damage brought on by the profession for which we all love to watch him excel.
Word.
"I'm not sure there is enough evidence to say there is causation"
There is overwhelming evidence proving causation. Some individuals are more susceptible than others but a few good concussions will sentence some to a life in mental hell.
Chris Benoit was a concussion stat. His tragedy had little to do with steroids and everything to do with concussions according to some of the experts on this stuff. I have a neighbor who is a psych with the VA and they are going crazy dealing with the Iraq vets coming back as they have a concussion rate that is sky high.
Google concussion and depression and see if you get any hits!
http://whyfiles.org/190sport_injury/3.html
Not convinced that concussion is a brain injury, not just a "ding"? Then look at some new data associating concussion and depression. Guskiewicz, who heads the Center for the Study of Retired Athletes at the University of North Carolina, studied 1,742 former NFL players. The rate of depression for retired players who'd had five or more concussions was three times higher than for retired players without a history of concussion.
and this....
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080118115428.htm
Researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute of McGill University have identified the neurological basis of depression in male athletes with persisting post-concussion symptoms. The study, published in this week’s issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, has important clinical implications for the treatment of individuals who have suffered a cerebral concussion.
Depression is one of a number of persisting symptoms experienced by athletes following sports concussion.
The only times i saw Rampage getting hit hard and brutal was against Vanderley... he's a strong dude and will overcome this.
Correlation does not necessarily equal causation.
OK, I'll flat out admit I'm not trained in research or med and whether work to date meets the gold standard of proof or causation. But I can't help but think smoke = fire.
I do think head injuries are much worse for people than the avg person realises....especially fans of combat sports.
Good points btw.....