The Effect of Sleep Problems on Suicidal Risk among Young Adults in the Presence of Depressive Symptoms and Cognitive Processes

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 321-334

  Weis, Dafna ^a   Rothenberg, Lee ^a   Moshe, Lital ^a   Brent, David A ^b   Hamdan, Sami ^a  

^a ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; rumination; sleep problems; suicidal risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938897640     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2014.986697     Document Type: Article

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