Sleep, suicide behaviors, and the protective role of sleep medicine

TM Bishop, PG Walsh, L Ashrafioun, JE Lavigne… - Sleep Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Objective/Background Sleep disturbance is associated with suicidal thoughts and
behaviors. The relationship of specific sleep disorders to suicide attempts is less well …

[PDF][PDF] Sleep disturbances and suicide risk

RA Bernert, MR Nadorff - Sleep medicine clinics, 2015 - nadorff.psychology.msstate.edu
Suicide constitutes a global disease burden, accounting for over 1 million deaths annually.
In the United States, suicide is responsible for over 30,000 fatalities every year, with an …

Sleep disturbances and suicide risk: a review of the literature

RA Bernert, TE Joiner - Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
A growing body of research indicates that sleep disturbances are associated with suicidal
ideation and behaviors. This article (1) provides a critical review of the extant literature on …

Meta-analysis of sleep disturbance and suicidal thoughts and behaviors

WR Pigeon, M Pinquart, K Conner - The Journal of clinical …, 2012 - psychiatrist.com
Objective: The potential association of various sleep disturbances to suicidal thoughts and
behaviors is the subject of several reviews. The current meta-analysis was conducted to …

Sleep disturbances as an evidence-based suicide risk factor

RA Bernert, JS Kim, NG Iwata, ML Perlis - Current psychiatry reports, 2015 - Springer
Increasing research indicates that sleep disturbances may confer increased risk for suicidal
behaviors, including suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and death by suicide. Despite …

Suicide and sleep: is it a bad thing to be awake when reason sleeps?

ML Perlis, MA Grandner, S Chakravorty… - Sleep medicine …, 2016 - Elsevier
Suicide is the second leading cause of death, worldwide, for those between the ages of 24
and 44 y old. In 2013, more than 41,000 suicides occurred in the United States. These …

Insomnia as an independent predictor of suicide attempts: a nationwide population-based retrospective cohort study

HT Lin, CH Lai, HJ Perng, CH Chung, CC Wang… - BMC psychiatry, 2018 - Springer
Background Numerous studies have verified that insomnia is associated with suicidal
ideation, suicide attempts, and death by suicide. Limited population-based cohort studies …

Sleep and suicide: an analysis of a cohort of 394,000 Taiwanese adults

D Gunnell, SS Chang, MK Tsai, CK Tsao… - Social psychiatry and …, 2013 - Springer
Background Sleep problems may lead to, or be symptomatic of, depression and other
mental illnesses yet few studies have investigated their association with suicide risk. Design …

Sleep problems and suicidality in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication

M Wojnar, MA Ilgen, J Wojnar, RJ McCammon… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Links between sleep problems and suicidality have been frequently described
in clinical samples; however, this issue has not been well-studied in the general population …

Nocturnal wakefulness as a previously unrecognized risk factor for suicide

ML Perlis, MA Grandner, GK Brown… - The Journal of clinical …, 2016 - psychiatrist.com
Objective: Suicide is a major public health problem and the 10th leading cause of death in
the United States. The identification of modifiable risk factors is essential for reducing the …