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Ep. 91 - Sleep, mental health, and suicide - Nikolaj Høier
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Nikolaj Høier is a researcher at The Danish Research Institute for Suicide Prevention (DRISP) in Copenhagen and at The Chronopsychiatry Research Group at The University of Edinburgh. His study looked at the association between sleep disorders and the risk for suicide.
In this interview, Nikolaj talks about the impact of sleep deprivation on mental health, the risks involved with medication, how sleep helps regulate your whole body and brain, how it impacts your mood and relationships, and he also gives us practical tips on improving sleep.
The researcher gives us an overview of his research findings, which included over seven million people living in Denmark during 1980 and 2016.
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Find the Danish Research Institute for Suicide Prevention:
Read Nikolaj’s article “Association between hospital-diagnosed sleep disorders and suicide: a nationwide cohort study:”
Are you looking for an online suicide loss support group? Join mine. See details here: https://t.ly/qcCC9
Visit my page www.understandsuicide.com
Enroll in my course "How to help suicidal people."
Find my book "Understanding suicide: living with loss, paths to prevention:”
If you need to talk, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org
Phone: 800-273-8255
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Manage episode 336825022 series 2999213
Nikolaj Høier is a researcher at The Danish Research Institute for Suicide Prevention (DRISP) in Copenhagen and at The Chronopsychiatry Research Group at The University of Edinburgh. His study looked at the association between sleep disorders and the risk for suicide.
In this interview, Nikolaj talks about the impact of sleep deprivation on mental health, the risks involved with medication, how sleep helps regulate your whole body and brain, how it impacts your mood and relationships, and he also gives us practical tips on improving sleep.
The researcher gives us an overview of his research findings, which included over seven million people living in Denmark during 1980 and 2016.
If you want to support my channel, buy me a coffee.
Find the Danish Research Institute for Suicide Prevention:
Read Nikolaj’s article “Association between hospital-diagnosed sleep disorders and suicide: a nationwide cohort study:”
Are you looking for an online suicide loss support group? Join mine. See details here: https://t.ly/qcCC9
Visit my page www.understandsuicide.com
Enroll in my course "How to help suicidal people."
Find my book "Understanding suicide: living with loss, paths to prevention:”
If you need to talk, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org
Phone: 800-273-8255
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paula-fontenelle/message110 episodes
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