@article{ref1,
title="Excessive daytime sleepiness--as possible suicidal equivalent in people with depressive disorder",
journal="Lijecnicki Vjesnik",
year="2011",
author="Koić, Elvira and Strkalj-Ivezić, Sladana and Venus, Miroslav and John, Nada",
volume="133",
number="7-8",
pages="263-268",
abstract="This paper presents the case of a patient suffering from atypical depression, with excessive daytime sleepiness, which was a suicidal equivalent. Patients who suffer from depression and sleep disorders can have an increased risk of suicidality, and to them should pay increased attention. Field of suicide as a means of resolving conflicts and unconscious mental escape from the reality of the obstacles, including sleep and daytime sleepiness, which may represent a form of &quot;temporary suicide&quot;. The authors recommend that hypersomnia, daytime sleepiness in depressed patients and other sleep disorders should be treated as a potential risk factor for suicidal behavior.<p /> <p>Language: hr</p>",
language="hr",
issn="0024-3477",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}