Regular Hypnotic Drug Treatment in a Sample of 32,679 Swedes: Associations with Somatic and Mental Health, Inpatient Psychiatric Diagnoses and Suicide, Derived With Automated Record-Linkage

In this study, people who reported regular treatment with hypnotic drugs were tested in order to find associations with perceived health problems, inpatient psychiatric diagnoses, & subsequent suicides. The authors found that there was substantial concurrent psychoactive drug treatments, nervous symptoms & insomnia, as well as high rates of circulatory & musculoskeletal conditions. Also, the risk of suicide increased among women treated with hypnotic drugs. (VM)