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ArticleFrontiers in sleep2025

Treating war- and conflict-related nightmares in children and youth: outcomes of a school-based intervention.

Jon Håkon Schultz, June Forsberg, Eva Alisic, Safwat Diab, Gerlinde Harb

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Article in Frontiers in sleep, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jon Håkon SchultzUiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
June ForsbergUiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Eva AlisicThe University of Melbourne School of Languages and Linguistics, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Safwat DiabAl-Quds University, Abu Dis, Palestine.
Gerlinde HarbUiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.

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Abstract

Introduction: Recurrent nightmares often severely impair the quality of life, school functioning, and daily functioning of trauma-exposed children and adolescents. However, research to date is limited for treatments focused on reducing the impact of posttraumatic nightmares among youth in conflict zones. This study aimed to investigate the outcome of the Better Learning Program 3 (BLP) as it was implemented in over 100 schools in Gaza (2012-2017). Methods: Treatment outcome was investigated in an open trial among war- and conflict-exposed students (6-17 years of age) in Gaza ( Results: Students experienced significant week-to-week reductions in reported nightmares throughout the 8-week intervention. Approximately half of the participants reported no nightmares post-treatment, and a further 47% reported a reduction in nightmare frequency. In a 10-month follow-up, 42% of a smaller sample ( Discussion: The current study demonstrates the apparent success of this school-based treatment, showing that it is both feasible to intervene directly with students' nightmare disturbance and to significantly reduce their nightmare frequency.

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posttraumatic nightmaresPTSDsleepstresstreatment

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PMCPMC12823506

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