Research Progress Of Associations Between Sleep Problems And Suicide In Adolescents

Suicide has become an increasingly serious public health problem and is the second leading cause of death among adolescents.However,there are many influencing factors for suicide and currently there is no effective target for clinical intervention.Sleep problems have been found to be associated with suicide in adolescents and sleep may be a potential target for suicide intervention.This article reviews the researches about the relationship between sleep problems and suicide in adolescents,and introduces the correlation between different sleep problems and suicide,the potential neurobiological mechanism,the causes of sleep problems in adolescents and possible intervention measures,in order to provide a new reference direction for the early clinical discovery and intervention of adolescent suicide.