Citation

Woosley JA, Lichstein KL, Taylor DJ, Riedel BW, Bush AJ. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2015; 46(1): 88-95.

Affiliation

University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/sltb.12173

PMID

26052862

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine which aspects of insomnia best predict suicidal ideation (SI). Participants were grouped according to whether they complained of insomnia and whether their sleep would be characterized as poor or good by applying quantitative criteria for insomnia to their sleep diary data. Analyses revealed that insomnia complaint was more strongly associated with SI than was poor sleep. These findings suggest that patients who complain of insomnia, regardless of the presence or absence of poor sleep, may be at greater risk for suicide than those who are content with their sleep.

Language: en