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Treat insomnia in depressed, even suicidal, people

Current Psychiatry. 2016 April;15(4)
By
W. Vaughn McCall, MD, MS
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W. Vaughn McCall, MD, MS, explains that the relationship among depression, suicidality, and insomnia is more complex than was once thought.

 

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