Higher suicide risk for those with sleep problems
New research has shown a link between suffering from sleep problems and committing suicide, reports the Guardian website.
The study, carried out in American an Poland with over 5,000 volunteers, showed that those who suffered from sleep conditions like insomnia were more likely to develop depression, and possibly commit suicide. Those with one or more sleep disorders were 2.6 times more likely to take their own life.
The most at risk were those who woke up early in the morning and were unable to get back to sleep, followed by those who found it hard to get to sleep at night, and those who woke up during the night and were unable to get back to sleep also were more likely to think about attempting suicide.
Dr Marcin Wojnar who led the study said: “Identifying those at high risk of suicide is important for preventing it, and these findings indicate that insomnia may be a modifiable risk factor for suicide in the general population.”
April 19th, 2009 at 12:14 am
All I can say is that emotional impact of my wife’s suicide is immeasurable.
Now knowing that her insomnia played such a major part(she did have other physical medical problems) makes her Dr’s refusal to give sleeping pills all the more annoying. To save them a few pennies on their budgets has cost many millions more. A risk the doctor took that backfired – except they don’t face the consequences!!!