Sleep and Suicide in Older Adults : An Opportunity for Intervention

Published by Elsevier Inc..

Whether as a standalone disorder or as a symptom associated with existing pathology, the prevalence of sleep disturbance increases with age. Older adults also experience a myriad of risk factors for suicide, including depression, and have elevated rates of suicide. There is now significant evidence linking sleep disturbances to suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The use of pharmacologic means to treat insomnia (e.g., sedative hypnotics) is also commonplace among older cohorts and has been associated with suicide. Behavioral treatment of insomnia represents an efficacious alternative to pharmacotherapy among older adults, which while improving sleep, may concurrently reduce depressive symptomatology. Implications and clinical recommendations of the sleep-suicide relationship are discussed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:38

Enthalten in:

Clinical therapeutics - 38(2016), 11 vom: 17. Nov., Seite 2332-2339

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bishop, Todd M [VerfasserIn]
Simons, Kelsey V [VerfasserIn]
King, Deborah A [VerfasserIn]
Pigeon, Wilfred R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Hypnotics and Sedatives
Journal Article
Older adults
Sleep
Sleep disturbance suicide

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Date Completed 22.09.2017

Date Revised 18.03.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.clinthera.2016.09.015

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM265400376