Insomnia and Hypnotic Medications are Associated with Suicidal Ideation in a Community Population

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 170-180

  Pigeon, Wilfred R ^a,b   Woosley, Julie A ^c   Lichstein, Kenneth L ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

insomnia; sedative hypnotics; sleep; sleep disturbance; suicidal ideation; suicide

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900011858     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2013.824837     Document Type: Article

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