Objectively assessed sleep variability as an acute warning sign of suicidal ideation in a longitudinal evaluation of young adults at high suicide risk

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2017, Pages e678-e687

  Bernert, Rebecca A ^a   Hom, Melanie A ^b   Iwata, Naomi G ^a   Joiner, Thomas E ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACTIMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; DREAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMARKERS; DEPRESSION; DREAMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85025083878     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.16m11193     Document Type: Article

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