Some one told me that they found a possible physical cause of veteran suicides. They performed an autopsy of a suicide and found he had what is called chronic traumatic encephalopathy. They performed autopsies on several other veterans, and found the same thing. With luck this could help bring further understanding to p.t.s.d., treatments, and preventions.

Here is the article I found...yeah it is just an op-ed piece, but a google search shows it is a legitimate discovery, although the media seems rather silent on it.

Veterans and Brain Disease