PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nierengarten, Mary Beth
ED  - Pyle, Audrey
TI  - Nightmares Linked to Suicidality
DP  - 2015 Feb 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 26--27
VI  - 14
IP  - 44
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/44/26.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/44/26.full
AB  - Nightmares are positively correlated with and a risk factor for suicidality in psychiatric patients, with some evidence showing an association independent of insomnia and depressive symptoms. Given this linkage, nurses should be aware of the association and integrate an evaluation of nightmares into their assessments of psychiatric patients. This article reviews the literature as part of an evidence-based practice approach to understand the association between nightmares and suicide in psychiatric patients.