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The term Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) has recently gained a significant amount of public attention and media coverage, which is partially due to several high profile suicides of former professional athletes, multiple lawsuits filed against the National Football League (NFL), and a popular Hollywood film. Parents and caregivers all across the U.S. are re-evaluating the decision to allow their child to play American football and other contact sports for fear their child might develop neurological complications later in life.
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Golden, C.J., Zusman, M.R. (2019). Prologue and Introduction to CTE and Aggression. In: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). SpringerBriefs in Psychology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23288-7_1
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