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What Saved Former Marine Matt Brown from Suicide?

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Former Marine Matt Brown, who has TBI and PTSD, was dangerously suicidal and he would never "sugarcoat" that fact. It was finding his voice to help others that saved him.

Watch:

  • "Matt Brown on Becoming a New Person After TBI and PTSD"
  • "Matt Brown: Strategies, Patterns, and Routines Are Key"
Posted on BrainLine January 25, 2013.

Produced by Victoria Tilney McDonough, Justin Rhodes, and Lara Collins, BrainLine.

Special thanks to LtCol. Tim Maxwell, USMC (ret), and his wife, Shannon.

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