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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-23 months agoThanks. Not only is it not tinnitus but, according to the searching I’ve been doing: [The] suicide rate was lower among veterans with tinnitus than veterans without tinnitus https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6580142/ That honestly surprises me.
minus-squareJohnnySledge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 months agoI wonder if the lower suicide rate is due to the fact that the individuals with tinnitus actually seek medical attention for it and, as a side effect, get treated for additional health problems as well.
Thanks. Not only is it not tinnitus but, according to the searching I’ve been doing:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6580142/
That honestly surprises me.
I wonder if the lower suicide rate is due to the fact that the individuals with tinnitus actually seek medical attention for it and, as a side effect, get treated for additional health problems as well.
I was thinking the same thing.