Sleep and Suicide in Older Adults: An Opportunity for Intervention

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:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:38

Enthalten in:

Clinical therapeutics - 38(2016), 11, Seite 2332-2339

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

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

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BKL:

44.40

Themen:

Adults
Age
Aging
Anxieties
Behavior modification
Conflicts of interest
Drugs
Hispanics
Insomnia
Manuscripts
Mens health
Mental depression
Older people
Restless legs syndrome
Risk factors
Sleep apnea
Sleep disorders
Suicides & suicide attempts
Womens health

doi:

10.1016/j.clinthera.2016.09.015

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OLC1984484877