ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2022
A Narrative Review of the Association between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- Dronabinol for nightmares in post-traumatic stress disorder: a randomized controlled trial.Nature medicine · 2026Trial
- Treating narcolepsy-related nightmares with cognitive behavioural therapy and targeted lucidity reactivation: A pilot study.Journal of sleep research · 2025Trial
- Physiological markers of Trauma-related nightmares among military personnel suffering from PTSD: A multicenter home-recording study.Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2026Article
- Experimentally induced REM sleep fragmentation affects psychophysiological habituation to emotional stimuli.Sleep · 2026Article
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- Development of a guide for continuous positive airway pressure use - A good fit: Making continuous positive airway pressure work for you.Canadian journal of respiratory therapy : CJRT = Revue canadienne de la therapie respiratoire : RCTR · 2025Article
- Prevalence and predictors of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2025Review
- PTSD Symptom Severity Associated With Sleep Disturbances in Military Personnel: Evidence From a Prospective Controlled Study With Ecological Recordings.Depression and anxiety · 2025Observational
- Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A Clinical Perspective.Brain sciences · 2024Review
- Obstructive sleep apnea and mental disorders: a bidirectional mendelian randomization study.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- The Present and Future of the Clinical Use of Physiological Traits for the Treatment of Patients with OSA: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Assessing the causal relationship between psychiatric disorders and obstructive sleep apnea: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Sleep Disturbances in PTSD: Insight from Clinical Studies.Missouri medicineReview
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Abstract
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are often co-morbid with implications for disease severity and treatment outcomes. OSA prevalence is higher in PTSD sufferers than in the general population, with a likely bidirectional effect of the two illnesses. There is substantial evidence to support the role that disturbed sleep may play in the pathophysiology of PTSD. Sleep disturbance associated with OSA may interfere with normal rapid eye movement (REM) functioning and thus worsen nightmares and sleep-related movements. Conversely, hyperarousal and hypervigilance symptoms of PTSD may lower the arousal threshold and thus increase the frequency of sleep fragmentation related to obstructive events. Treating OSA not only improves OSA symptoms, but also nightmares and daytime symptoms of PTSD. Evidence suggests that positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy reduces PTSD symptoms in a dose-dependent fashion, but also presents challenges to tolerance in the PTSD population. Alternative OSA treatments may be better tolerated and effective for improving both OSA and PTSD. Further research avenues will be introduced as we seek a better understanding of this complex relationship.
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