Liječnički vjesnik, Vol. 133 No. 7-8, 2011.
Review article
EXCESSIVE DAYTIME SLEEPINESS – AS POSSIBLE SUICIDAL EQUIVALENT IN PEOPLE WITH DEPRESSIVE DISORDER
Elvira Koić
Slađana Štrkalj-Ivezić
Miroslav Venus
Nada John
Abstract
This paper presents the case of a patient suffering from atypical depression, with excessive daytime sleepiness, which was a suicidal equivalent. Patients who suffer from depression and sleep disorders can have an increased risk of suicidality, and to them should pay increased attention. Field of suicide as a means of resolving conflicts and unconscious mental escape from the reality of the obstacles, including sleep and daytime sleepiness, which may represent a form of »temporary suicide«. The authors recommend that hypersomnia, daytime sleepiness in depressed patients and other sleep disorders should be treated as a potential risk factor for suicidal behavior.
Keywords
Disorders of excessive somnolence – etiologija; Depressive disorder – diagnosis, psychology, therapy; Suicide – psychology, prevention and control
Hrčak ID:
171840
URI
Publication date:
31.8.2011.
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