Depression and the relationship between sleep disturbances, nightmares, and suicidal ideation in treatment-seeking Canadian Armed Forces members and veterans

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Don Richardson, J ^a,b,c   King, Lisa ^a   St Cyr, Kate ^a   Shnaider, Philippe ^c,d   Roth, Maya L ^a,e   Ketcheson, Felicia ^a   Balderson, Ken ^a,f   Elhai, Jon D ^g  

^a Parkwood Institute Operational Stress Injury Clinic ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Canadian armed forces; Insomnia; Major depressive disorder; Nightmares; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CANADIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGHTMARE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDER; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VETERAN; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTOMUTILATION; CANADA; DREAM; FEMALE; INSOMNIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLDIER;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CANADA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DREAMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NIGHT TERRORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VETERANS;

EID: 85048952303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-018-1782-z     Document Type: Article

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