ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2017
Sleep Disturbance in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Epiphenomenon or Causal Factor?
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- Do subjective and objective baseline sleep disturbances predict post-traumatic stress disorder treatment response? A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Trial
- Subjective and objective sleep disturbances following trauma-focused treatment.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Trial
- Effects of high-intensity interval training on sleep disturbances associated with posttraumatic stress disorder.Journal of sleep research · 2025Trial
- Sleep impairments in refugees diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder: a polysomnographic and self-report study.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2023Trial
- Successful use of closed-loop allostatic neurotechnology for post-traumatic stress symptoms in military personnel: self-reported and autonomic improvements.Military Medical Research · 2017Trial
- Mechanisms through which sleep influences intrusive memories: protocol for a trauma film paradigm study.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2026Article
- A biobank for complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) and PTSD: study protocol for a cross-sectional study.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Heterogeneity and stability of patterns of post-traumatic stress symptoms and sleep quality: evidence from one year longitudinal study.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Longitudinal Association Between Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Depression Symptoms Among Chinese Adolescents During COVID-19: Evidence from Network Perspective.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Examining the between- and within-person associations among perceived sleep quality and mental health symptoms in emergency medical service clinicians.Journal of traumatic stress · 2025Article
- Can Amygdala-Derived-EEG-fMRI-Pattern (EFP) Neurofeedback Treat Sleep Disturbances in PTSD?Brain sciences · 2025Article
- The mediating effect of sleep quality on exposure to community violence and posttraumatic stress symptoms in the United States.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Understanding nightmares after traumatic events in Detroit (UNiTED): prospective associations with interpersonal violence and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Article
- Effects of Antidepressants on Sleep in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: An Overview of Reviews.Current neuropharmacology · 2024Review
- From childhood adversity to latent stress vulnerability in adulthood: the mediating roles of sleep disturbances and HPA axis dysfunction.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2023Review
- Increased subsequent risk of mental disorders after experiencing stress-related disorders: correspondence.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Chronic insomnia: are patients also suffering from PTSD symptoms?Frontiers in sleep · 2023Article
- Posttraumatic stress disorder and depression after the 2018 Strasbourg Christmas Market terrorist attack: a comparison of exposed and non-exposed police personnel.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2023Article
- Acute sleep interventions as an avenue for treatment of trauma-associated disorders.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2022Article
- Does sleep disturbance predicts posttraumatic stress disorder and depression among college students during COVID-19 lockdown? A longitudinal survey.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThe goal of this review is to integrate recent findings on sleep disturbance and PTSD, examine sleep disturbance as a causal factor in the development of PTSD, and identify future directions for research, treatment, and prevention. RECENT
findingsRecent research highlights a relationship between both objective and subjective sleep disturbance and PTSD across diverse samples. Sleep disturbance also predicts PTSD over time. Finally, treatments targeting sleep disturbance lead to decreased PTSD symptoms, while standard PTSD treatments conclude with residual sleep disturbance. Sleep disturbance may be more than a mere epiphenomenon of PTSD. Future research examining the causal role of sleep disturbance in the development of PTSD, as well as the utility of targeting sleep disturbance in prevention and treatment, is necessary to fully understand the likely bidirectional relationship between sleep disturbance and PTSD.
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