The risk factors for suicide have been described and include
both unmodifiable and some potentially modifiable factors.
Examples of unmodifiable factors include advancing age, male
gender, and Caucasian ethnicity; potentially modifi able risk
factors include symptoms of depression, hopelessness, social
isolation, active alcohol/substance use, insomnia, and nightmares.
Insomnia symptoms are signifi cant predictors of nearlethal
suicide attempts, yet insomnia is often overlooked in
review papers about risk factors for suicide and suicide prevention