The Insomnia-Suicide Link Across the Life Cycle: a Review

Hunter Spivey; Amal Asiri; Matthew M. Kridel; Thashi Uppalapati; Dale Peeples; William V. McCall

doi:10.1007/s40675-023-00256-7

The Insomnia-Suicide Link Across the Life Cycle: a Review

Hunter Spivey, Amal Asiri, Matthew M. Kridel, Thashi Uppalapati, Dale Peeples, William V. McCall

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Purposeof Review: The purpose of this review is to examine the literature regarding the link between suicidal ideation and behavior with insomnia and briefly discuss how treatment of the latter may reduce the former. Recent Findings: We considered the literature in three categories: adolescents, non-elderly adults and elderly adults. Each group had distinct presentations; adolescents displayed increased hopelessness as insomnia symptom severity increased, non-elderly adults displayed elevated rates of impulsive behavior and lastly older persons displayed increasing and persistent levels of depression related to thwarted belongingness as they transitioned into late life. Possible mechanisms underlying the suicide-insomnia link varied with each group; however, increasing insomnia symptom severity increased risk for suicide for all groups.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	205-210
Number of pages	6
Journal	Current Sleep Medicine Reports
Volume	9
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40675-023-00256-7
State	Published - Sep 2023

Keywords

Adolescents
Adults
Elderly
Insomnia
Suicide
Treatment

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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Neurology
Clinical Neurology

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