Triple threat: Young macho men with serious injuries often abuse...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Wed, 04/09/2008 - 23:00

Men with serious injuries, such as traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury, must deal with a range of emotions.

If these men have strong traditional masculine ideas and abuse alcohol, it becomes even more difficult to help them heal and come to terms with their emotions and situations.

A University of Missouri psychology researcher studied these challenging factors to find better ways to understand and treat men who fit this mold, such as the injured soldiers coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan.

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