Sleep
May 1, 2025
Michael J. Thorpy, Jennifer M Mundt, Sally Ibrahim et al.
Abstract Introduction Limited information is available to quantify hypnagogic/hypnopompic hallucination (HH) events people with narcolepsy (PWN) may experience. This post hoc analysis from the phase 3 REST-ON trial evaluated individual HH types. Methods REST-ON (NCT02720744) participants (age ≥16 years) with narcolepsy were randomized 1:1 to once-nightly sodium oxybate (ON-SXB) (week 1, 4.5 g;...
Journal of Sleep Research
February 1, 2024
David A Kalmbach, Anthony N Reffi, Jason C Ong et al.
9 citations
Treating insomnia during pregnancy improves sleep and depressed mood. However, given well-established links between poor sleep and a broad spectrum of adverse maternal outcomes, the benefits of insomnia care may reach beyond sleep and depression. The present study evaluated the preliminary efficacy of 'Perinatal Understanding of Mindful Awareness for Sleep' (PUMAS)-a mindfulness sleep programme...
Sleep Medicine
August 1, 2023
David A Kalmbach, Philip Cheng, Anthony N Reffi et al.
15 citations
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is effective for prenatal insomnia, but unresolved cognitive arousal limits patient outcomes. Therapies aimed at reducing cognitive arousal may benefit pregnant women with insomnia. This proof-of-concept trial evaluated Perinatal Understanding of Mindful Awareness for Sleep (PUMAS, which combines mindfulness with behavioral sleep strategies) on insomnia, depression,...
Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society
2023
David A Kalmbach, Philip Cheng, Anthony N Reffi et al.
16 citations
Combining mindfulness with behavioral sleep strategies has been found to alleviate symptoms of insomnia and depression during pregnancy, but mechanisms for this treatment approach remain unclear. The present study examined nocturnal cognitive arousal and sleep effort as potential treatment mechanisms for alleviating insomnia and depression via a mindfulness sleep program for pregnant women....
Sleep Health
March 4, 2020
David A Kalmbach, Thomas Roth, P. Cheng et al.
BACKGROUND Insomnia and depression are highly prevalent perinatal complications. Ruminating on stress is etiologically implicated in both disorders, and ruminating while trying to fall asleep has been linked to insomnia and depression during pregnancy. Incompatible with rumination is everyday mindfulness, i.e., living with intentional and nonjudgmental awareness of internal and external...
The International Journal of Aging and Human Development
May 1, 1975
Milton Kramer, Thomas Roth, John Trinder
Seventeen (seven mild and ten severe) chronic brain syndrome patients were tested in the sleep laboratory for dream recall and content. The mildly organic patients had 57 per cent recall while the severely organic patients had 35 per cent recall. We also studied four aged severely organic patients. These patients showed a recall rate of 8 per cent. The difference between the recall rates in...