Sleep and Fatigue Issues in Military Operations
Fig. 7.1 Consequences of poor sleep practices Sleep in the Military The population of individuals who serve in the US military is comprised of officers and enlisted personnel who are relatively…
Actigraphy and PTSD
Fig. 17.1 A normal actigraph Fig. 17.2 An actigraph of a person with insomnia showing periods of activity in the middle of the night Figure 17.3 shows a typical recording…
The Extreme Nocturnal Manifestation of Trauma: Trauma Associated Sleep Disorder
Article Patients consistent with TSD Demographic PSG findings Self-reported DNB Nightmare content Mysliwiec et al. [13] 4 (N = 4) Male soldiers (ages 22–34) Patient 1: defensive limb movements and repeated vocalizations,…
Imagery Rehearsal Therapy for PTSD-Related Nightmares
1. Select a disturbing dream, preferably one of lesser intensity and not a reenactment of a trauma 2. Change this nightmare in any way you wish 3. Rehearse this new dream a few…
Sleep as a Mediator of mTBI and PTSD
Fig. 3.1 Overlap of PTSD and mTBI/PCS symptoms Perhaps because sleep disturbance/insomnia is so common among clinical and nonclinical populations alike, the potential importance of this symptom – i.e., the central…
PTSD, Arousal, and Disrupted (REM) Sleep
Fig. 19.1 Inverted U shape describing the relationship between tonic LC activity and task performance , showing optimal performance at intermediate levels of tonic LC activity, allowing phasic LC activity…
PET Ligand-Binding-Specific Imaging Proteins in the Brain: The Application in PTSD
Fig. 13.1 Hypothesized downstream effect of stress on the serotonin 1B receptor (5-HT1BR) [39] Serotonin Transporter Alterations in serotonin signaling in PTSD are not only seen at the receptor level….
Predicting Sleep Quality and Duration in Adulthood from War-Related Exposure and Posttraumatic Stress in Childhood
Fig. 32.1 Mediation model of exposure to war-related trauma predicting PTS symptoms, sleep quality, and sleep duration. Omitted from the figure are indicators for latent variables and error terms. Significant…
Pharmacology of Sleep and PTSD: Prazosin – An Alpha-1 Adrenoreceptor Antagonist Approach to Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Pharmacotherapy
© Springer Science+Business Media LLC 2018Eric Vermetten, Anne Germain and Thomas C. Neylan (eds.)Sleep and Combat-Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorderhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7148-0_30 30. Pharmacology of Sleep and PTSD: Prazosin – An Alpha-1 Adrenoreceptor Antagonist Approach to Post-traumatic Stress…
Hypnotic Interventions for Sleep in PTSD
© Springer Science+Business Media LLC 2018Eric Vermetten, Anne Germain and Thomas C. Neylan (eds.)Sleep and Combat-Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorderhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7148-0_28 28. Hypnotic Interventions for Sleep in PTSD Eva Szigethy1 and Eric Vermetten2, 3, 4, 5 (1) Department of…
