ReviewNeuropharmacology2012
Treating nightmares and insomnia in posttraumatic stress disorder: a review of current evidence.
Review in Neuropharmacology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 47 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Treatment of Nightmares in Psychiatric Inpatients With Imagery Rehearsal Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Prevalence and Characteristics of Sleep Disturbances Among Psychiatric Inpatients
Who cites it
47 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 133 citations in OpenAlex.
- Treatment of nightmares with prazosin: a systematic review.Mayo Clinic proceedings · 2012Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of imagery rehearsal for post-trauma nightmares: effects on nightmare frequency, sleep quality, and posttraumatic stress.Clinical psychology review · 2012Pooled it
- Associations among sleep quality, cognitive processing therapy, and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in a primary care setting.Journal of traumatic stress · 2025Trial
- Sleep impairments in refugees diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder: a polysomnographic and self-report study.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2023Trial
- The impact of prolonged exposure on sleep and enhancing treatment outcomes with evidence-based sleep interventions: A pilot study.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2020Trial
- Treatment of sleep disturbances in trauma-affected refugees: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.Trials · 2017Trial
- Change in sleep symptoms across Cognitive Processing Therapy and Prolonged Exposure: a longitudinal perspective.Behaviour research and therapy · 2013Trial
- Leveraging the Single-Session Intervention approach to address psychological distress following a traumatic event: Opportunities to advance early intervention for trauma.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- Holistic approaches to trauma rehabilitation for forced migrants: assessing sleep as an associated factor for mental health, pain, and cardiovascular health.Journal of migration and health · 2026Article
- Enhancing Mental Health and Cognitive Functioning in Victims of Violence: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Sleep Disorders Among Journalists, Human Rights Defenders, and Relatives of Disappeared Persons in Mexico City.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Prospective Bidirectional Relationship Between Sleep Duration and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms After Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome.Psychosomatic medicine · 2024Observational
- Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Preliminary Validation of a French Version of the Trauma-Related Nightmare Survey (TRNS-FR) in a PTSD Veteran Population.Military medicine · 2023Article
- Chronic insomnia: are patients also suffering from PTSD symptoms?Frontiers in sleep · 2023Article
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), sleep, and cardiovascular disease risk: A mechanism-focused narrative review.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2022Review
- Network analysis of PGD, PTSD and insomnia symptoms in Chinese shidu parents with PGD.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2022Article
- Sleep and PTSD in the Military Forces: A Reciprocal Relationship and a Psychiatric Approach.Brain sciences · 2021Review
- Postmigration stress and sleep disturbances mediate the relationship between trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress symptoms among Syrian and Iraqi refugees.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2021Article
- Longitudinal investigation of the relationships between trauma exposure, post-migration stress, sleep disturbance, and mental health in Syrian refugees.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2020Article
- An Emulation of Randomized Trials of Administrating Benzodiazepines in PTSD Patients for Outcomes of Suicide-Related Events.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Treatment of Sleep Comorbidities in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.Current treatment options in psychiatry · 2020Article
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Abstract
Emerging evidence supports the notion of disrupted sleep as a core component of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Effective treatments for nighttime PTSD symptoms are critical because sleep disruption may be mechanistically linked to development and maintenance of PTSD and is associated with significant distress, functional impairment, and poor health. This review aimed to describe the state of science with respect to the impact of the latest behavioral and pharmacological interventions on posttraumatic nightmares and insomnia. Published studies that examined evidence for therapeutic effects upon sleep were included. Some behavioral and pharmacological interventions show promise, especially for nightmares, but there is a need for controlled trials that include valid sleep measures and are designed to identify treatment mechanisms. Our ability to treat PTSD-related sleep disturbances may be improved by moving away from considering sleep symptoms in isolation and instead conducting integrative studies that examine sequential or combined behavioral and/or pharmacological treatments targeting both the daytime and nighttime aspects of PTSD. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled 'Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder'.
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