Sleep and youth suicidal behavior: A neglected field

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 288-293

  Liu, Xianchen ^a,b   Buysse, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b 134 Webster Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Insomnia; Nightmares; Sleep loss; Suicidal behavior

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; COGNITION; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERSOMNIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INSOMNIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NIGHTMARE; NONREM SLEEP; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; SUICIDE;

EID: 33748184697     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yco.0000218600.40593.18     Document Type: Review

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