Sleep disturbance preceding completed suicide in adolescents.

Sleep disturbance preceding completed suicide in adolescents.

We examined sleep difficulties preceding death in a sample of adolescent suicide completers as compared with a matched sample of community control adolescents. Sleep disturbances were assessed in 140 adolescent suicide victims with a psychological autopsy protocol and in 131 controls with a similar semistructured psychiatric interview. Rates of sleep disturbances were compared between groups. F...

Running head: Sleep and Suicide Sleep Disturbance Preceding Completed Suicide in Adolescents

We examined sleep difficulties preceding death in a sample of adolescent suicide completers as compared with a matched sample of community control adolescents. Sleep disturbances were assessed in 140 adolescent suicide victims using a psychological autopsy protocol and in 131 controls using a similar semi-structured psychiatric interview. Rates of sleep disturbances were compared between groups...

Sleep Disturbance in Travelers

Sleep disturbance and cardiovascular risk in adolescents.

BACKGROUND Evidence suggests that inadequate or disturbed sleep is associated with increased cardiovascular risk in adults. There are limited data on sleep quality and associated cardiovascular risk in children. METHODS We obtained data on adolescents from the 2009/10 cycle of the Healthy Heart Schools' Program, a population-based cross-sectional study in the Niagara region of Ontario. Partic...

Clinical contact preceding suicide.

Of the 400 consecutive completed suicides investigated over a 5-year period, 114 (28.5%) who had consulted a doctor in the week preceding death were specifically reviewed and compared with those who did not. The study comprised an analysis of the medical history, the scene of death and a complete autopsy with histological and toxicological examination and the identification of features which oc...