Restless legs syndrome linked to self-harm, suicide
The finding held true regardless whether people received treatment for the syndrome
Patients with a diagnosis of restless legs syndrome are two-and-a-half times more likely to self-harm, have suicidal thoughts or to take their own lives, a study based on US insurance claims suggests.
Among 169,000 healthy patients included in the analysis, some 24,000 had been diagnosed with restless legs syndrome.
