TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Nightmares and suicide risk in psychiatric patients: the roles of hopelessness and male depressive symptoms
JO  - Psychiatry research
A1  - Lamis, Dorian A.
A1  - Innamorati, Marco
A1  - Erbuto, Denise
A1  - Berardelli, Isabella
A1  - Montebovi, Franco
A1  - Serafini, Gianluca
A1  - Amore, Mario
A1  - Krakow, Barry
A1  - Girardi, Paolo
A1  - Pompili, Maurizio
SP  - 20
EP  - 25
VL  - 264
IS  - 
N2  - Although nightmares have been shown to increase the risk for suicide, less is known about the mechanisms underlying this relationship. In order to address this gap and guided by the hopelessness theory of suicide risk, we examined hopelessness and male depressive symptoms as risk factors for suicide while considering the frequency of and impairment due to nightmares. Data were collected from 172 psychiatrically hospitalized, adult patients (91 women, 81 men) with an average age of 39.15 (SD = 13.48) years. Patients were administered self-report measures of nightmare frequency/impairment, hopelessness, and male depressive symptoms, as well as undergoing a fully structured diagnostic clinical interview to determine diagnoses and suicide risk. Compared to patients with yearly or no nightmares, those with monthly or weekly nightmares reported nightmares reported higher levels of hopelessness, male depressive symptoms, and suicide risk. Male depressive symptoms significantly mediated the relation between hopelessness and suicide risk in patients who reported monthly to weekly nightmares, but not in those who reported yearly or no nightmares. Moreover, impairment due to nightmares was significantly and positively associated with male depression, but not hopelessness or suicide risk. The results also provide evidence and further understanding about possible mechanisms of emerging suicide.<br><br>Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0165-1781
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.03.053
ID  - ref1
ER  -