Voices of Wildfire Survivors: Sleep Disturbance Treatment and Post-Traumatic Growth
The Family Journal September 7, 2026 Whitney Biancur, Stephen Southern
Written accounts of the 1666 Great Fire of London by diarist Samuel Pepys, as well as recent survivors of wildfires in Southern California, document the stressful aftermath of the natural disasters and the development of post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in the following months. Their accounts highlight the prominence of sleep disturbance in the etiology of post-traumatic stress disorder...