ReviewHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association2022
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), sleep, and cardiovascular disease risk: A mechanism-focused narrative review.
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- Efficacy of interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms induced by traumatic medical events: a systematic review.Health psychology review · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on incident cardiovascular outcomes in women veterans: a retrospective longitudinal study.EClinicalMedicine · 2026Article
- Is passive smoking associated with acute stress response? An observational real-world study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Observational
- Ginsenoside Rg1 Improves PTSD-Like Sleep Disturbances in Male Mice: Involvement of NLRP3-Related Inflammatory and Apoptotic Pathways.Neural plasticity · 2026Article
- Investigating the association between stressful life events and the risk of myocardial infarction and mortality: the Tromsø study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Observational
- Mechanisms and Clinical Implications of the Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)-Cardiovascular Disease Link.Cureus · 2025Review
- Functioning and disability consequences of comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder and diabetes in Vietnam era men and women veterans.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2025Article
- Biomarkers and Mechanisms of Cardiovascular Susceptibility and Resilience to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- Preliminary Results from an RCT Examining the Effects of a Health Behavior Intervention as an Adjunct to Standard Trauma Therapy Among Adults with PTSD.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Disruptions in Sleep Health and Independent Associations with Psychological Distress in Close Family Members of Cardiac Arrest Survivors: A Prospective Study.Journal of cardiac failure · 2025Article
- Risk factors and intervention strategies for post-traumatic stress disorder following spinal cord injury: a retrospective multivariate analysis of 195 cases.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Estradiol levels are differentially associated with pulse wave velocity in trauma-exposed premenopausal women with and without PTSD.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2025Article
- GABALAGEN Alleviates Stress-Induced Sleep Disorders in Rats.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- Mediating effects of insomnia and resilience on COVID-19-related post-traumatic stress disorder and quality of life in adolescents.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Prospective Bidirectional Relationship Between Sleep Duration and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms After Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome.Psychosomatic medicine · 2024Observational
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: A Report of the International Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Registry.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Observational
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Is Associated With Elevated Risk of Incident Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack in Women Veterans.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Article
- Insomnia and Early Incident Atrial Fibrillation: A 16-Year Cohort Study of Younger Men and Women Veterans.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2023Article
- Cardiac-induced PTSD symptoms predict shorter sleep a month after acute coronary syndrome evaluation.General hospital psychiatryArticle
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Abstract
objectiveGrowing longitudinal research has demonstrated that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) precedes and predicts the onset of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and a number of physiological (e.g., dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and autonomic nervous system, chronic systemic inflammation) and behavioral (e.g., physical inactivity, smoking, poor diet) factors might underlie this association. In this narrative review, we focus on sleep as a modifiable risk factor linking PTSD with CVD.
methodWe summarize the evidence for sleep disturbance after trauma exposure and the potential cardiotoxic effects of poor sleep, with an emphasis on mechanisms. In addition, we review the literature that has examined sleep in the context of the PTSD-CVD risk relation.
resultsAlthough sleep disturbance is a hallmark symptom of PTSD and a well-established risk factor for the development of CVD, the role of sleep in the association between PTSD and CVD has been largely unexamined in the extant literature. However, such work has the potential to improve our understanding of mechanisms of risk and inform intervention efforts to offset elevated CVD risk after trauma.
conclusionsWe outline several recommendations for future research and behavioral medicine models in order to help define and address the role of sleep behavior in the development of CVD among trauma-exposed individuals with PTSD. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
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