Weber, Franziska C. and Norra, Christine and Wetter, Thomas C. (2020) Sleep Disturbances and Suicidality in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Overview of the Literature. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY, 11: 167. ISSN 1664-0640
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A causal relationship between sleep disturbances and suicidal behavior has been previously reported. Insomnia and nightmares are considered as hallmarks of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In addition, patients with PTSD have an increased risk for suicidality. The present article gives an overview about the existing literature on the relationship between sleep disturbances and suicidality in the context of PTSD. It aims to demonstrate that diagnosing and treating sleep problems as still underestimated target symptoms may provide preventive strategies with respect to suicidality. However, heterogeneous study designs, different samples and diverse outcome parameters hinder a direct comparison of studies and a causal relationship cannot be shown. More research is necessary to clarify this complex relationship and to tackle the value of treatment of sleep disturbances for suicide prevention in PTSD.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | SELF-DIRECTED VIOLENCE; PTSD SYMPTOM CLUSTERS; US MILITARY; RISK-FACTORS; PSYCHIATRIC-DISORDERS; INSOMNIA SYMPTOMS; COMBAT VETERANS; RECEIVING CARE; IDEATION; NIGHTMARES; sleep; sleep disorders; suicidality; PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder); insomnia; nightmares |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie |
| Depositing User: | Petra Gürster |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Apr 2021 06:04 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Apr 2021 06:04 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/44949 |
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