Introduction

According to a study conducted by the Stanford Suicide Prevention Research Laboratory in California, sleep disturbances in children at age 10 are associated with a 2.7-fold higher risk of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts two years later.

Children sleeping pattern

Many people think that the sleep disturbances commonly found in children are due to their natural sleep patterns. They think that if left as it is, it will get better with time. However, a recent study suggests that the disruptions or disturbances children face in their sleep are more serious than we think.

What study saying?

According to a study conducted by the Stanford Suicide Prevention Research Laboratory in California, sleep disturbances in children at age 10 are associated with a 2.7-fold higher risk of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts two years later.

According to the study, at least one in three of the participants reported suicidal thoughts following sleep disturbances. Founder of the Stanford Suicide Prevention Research Lab, Dr. According to Rebecca Bernert, poor sleep may be a risk factor for suicidal events or thoughts in young people. Therefore, to prevent suicides, if there are sleep disturbances, he advised to take treatment according to the problems without showing indifference.

Sleep disturbances in children increase risk of suicide – study.

Suicide is one of the leading causes of death for children between the ages of 10 and 14, according to the study. It is noteworthy that people of this age who participated in the study also reported that they had trouble sleeping. The study involved approximately 8,800 children from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study at 21 sites in the United States.

In the study, it was revealed that many abnormal things related to sleep were noticed by the parents of the children, including not being able to sleep, not being able to maintain that sleep even after sleeping, getting more sleep than normal, sweating more during sleep.

The study also found that factors such as depression, anxiety, tension and family conflict also contribute to suicidal attempts and thoughts. The study also found that having nightmares, like having bad or unpleasant events daily, was associated with a five-fold higher risk of suicidal tendencies.

The study also found that among youth at risk of suicide, sleep disturbances, particularly when they go to sleep and when they wake up, trigger worse suicidal thoughts in the following days and weeks.