Citation

Pigeon WR, Titus CE, Bishop TM. Curr. Sleep Med. Rep. 2016; 2(4): 241-250.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s40675-016-0054-z

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Sleep disturbance has emerged as a significant factor in the development and course of psychopathology. Its cross-cutting nature, demonstrated impact on co-occurring disorders, and the presence of efficacious interventions to address it, make sleep a desirable treatment target among individuals suffering from various mental and physical health disorders. In the past several years, researchers and clinicians alike have come to appreciate the role that sleep disturbance plays in the development and course of suicidal thought and behavior. The present review synthesizes the sleep and suicide literature published since 2012. A search of the PubMed and psycINFO databases yielded 41 articles that were appropriate for the present review. Consistent with prior reviews, sleep disturbance, insomnia, and nightmares were, overall, positively associated with suicidal thought and behavior. Future studies should seek to expand current lines of research in the sleep and suicide arena beyond global constructs and into investigations of mechanism. © 2016, Springer International Publishing AG (outside the USA).

Language: en

Keywords

human; Sleep; Suicide; Review; exercise; insomnia; Suicide attempt; Suicidal ideation; suicidal behavior; veteran; Insomnia; risk factor; circadian rhythm; mental disease; priority journal; research; sleep disorder; intervention study; health care management; nightmare; outcome assessment; sleep time; sleep disordered breathing; Nightmare; sleep quality; Sleep disturbance