What to Know and What to Do: Teenage Sleep Disturbances and Suicidality
1.25 NAPNAP Contact Hour. This continuing education activity is offered at a reduced rate to NAPNAP Members. This continuing education activity rate is $12.50 for NAPNAP Members. For non-members, this continuing education activity rate is $25. This course is a record presentation for NAPNAP's 2025 National Conference.
There is a critical link between sleep disturbances and increased suicidality in adolescents, highlighting the complex interplay between sleep deprivation, circadian disruption and mental health. This presentation aims to provide pediatric providers with a deeper understanding of sleep-wake cycles in teens and offer practical interventions, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, to improve sleep hygiene and mitigate safety risks in teenagers with mental health concerns.
NAPNAP Partners for Vulnerable Youth is pleased to support this session.
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Please note that this program is a recording from a live session from NAPNAP 2025 national conference in Chicago. If you earned CE for this session, this course will be a duplicate.
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Copyright 2025 © by National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
Target Audience
Pediatric-focused advanced practice registered nurses.
Learning Objectives
• Discuss the mechanism of action and neuro pathways implicated in suicide as it relates to sleep disturbances.
• Recognize the risk factors associated with sleep disturbance that contribute to suicidality.
• Explore behavioral interventions for sleep that mitigate emotional reactivity and dysregulation.
• Identify family-based strategies to improve overall sleep health in adolescents and target proximal risk factors for suicide.
Shawna M. Sisler, PhD, MS, MA, MAPP, APRN, CPNP-PC, PMHS
Jennifer L. Hamilton, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, PHMS
There are no disclosures to report
Available Credit
- 1.25 Contact hours

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