Suicidal Ideation, Cognitive Control, and Sleep in Veterans in a Residential Treatment Facility: A Pilot Study
Veterans reported the highest suicidal ideation in the middle of the night. These findings suggest the importance of assessing sleep, suicidal ideation, and cognitive control among veterans and the need to consider nocturnal wakefulness as an indicator of heightened risk for suicide among veterans.
Authors
- Lindiwe Mayinja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6648-2909)
- Kevin G. Lynch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0426-0323)
- Lily A. Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0879-0110)
- Philip Gehrman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1054-7475)
- Danielle T. Farabaugh
- Keith Bredemeier
Institutions
- Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- University of Delaware (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.70011
- Primary Topic
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Pennsylvania
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Mental Health