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<\/a><\/p>\nBut as our understanding of the long-term consequences of repetitive hits to the brain have expanded, there is more of a focus on head injury early diagnosis, treatment and education.<\/p>\n
Sadly, all that comes too late for a young former player in Wisconsin, who died in the summer of 2012 of suicide. He hanged himself. An autopsy would later reveal the young man, Joseph Chernach, suffered from a disease known as Dementia Pugilistica or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). It was determined this condition, caused by repeated concussions incurred while playing youth football, was a “substantial” factor in his suicide, as it has caused him to suffer severe emotional, behavioral, cognitive and physical problems. He was also suffering from Post Concussion Syndrome at the time of his death, at age 25.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n