Citation

McCall WV. J. Affect. Disord. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia. USA. Electronic address: wmccall@augusta.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jad.2019.11.016

PMID

31757620

Abstract

Highlights
• Insomnia is a risk factor for suicide, both in the short term and the long term.

• Hopelessness mediates much of the effect of insomnia on suicide.

• Some persons with insomnia experience a specific type of hopelessness as reflected in the dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep scale.

• Treatment of insomnia may be a path towards mitigating suicidal ideation.

Language: en