Linkages between insomnia and suicidality: Prospective associations, high-risk subgroups and possible psychological mechanisms

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 189-204

  Winsper, Catherine ^a   Tang, Nicole K Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CATASTROPHIZING; CHRONIC PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INSOMNIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NIGHTMARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; SUICIDE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901850654     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2014.881330     Document Type: Article

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