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Traumatic brain injury in women: Time to think about mental health before a pregnancy

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common cause of disability, affecting about 2.5% of North Americans. Although one-third of people with TBI are female, most TBI research is focused on high-risk groups that are primarily male, like veterans and professional athletes. This means that the consequences of TBI most relevant to women and those assigned female at birth, like the impact of TBI on mental health around the time of pregnancy, have received little attention.

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