Insomnia and the risk for suicide: Does sleep medicine have interventions that can make a difference?

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 816-817

  Pigeon, Wilfred R ^a,b,c   Caine, Eric D ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESZOPICLONE; FLUOXETINE;

DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SUICIDE;

EID: 79251620511     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.06.002     Document Type: Editorial

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