Sleep and Suicidality

Speaker: Andrew Krystal, MD, MS Ray and Dagmar Dolby Distinguished Professor, UCSF Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences & Neurology • Vice Chair for Research, UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences • Director, UCSF Dolby Family Center for Mood Disorders • Director, UCSF Clinical and Translational Sleep Research Program • Director, UCSF Interventional Psychiatry Program.

Learning objectives:

• Become aware of the epidemiologic data on the relationship of sleep problems and suicidality

• Appreciate the available data on the effects of hypnotics on suicidality

• Review the available data on the impact of the treatment of insomnia on suicidality

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