Sleep Treatments Improve PTSD Symptoms in Vets
Lynne Lamberg
Psychiatric News September 17, 2010 DOI: 10.1176/pn.45.18.psychnews_45_18_012 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Combat veterans |
| Intervention | Imagery rehearsal therapy |
| Topics | PTSD |
| Key findings | Imagery rehearsal therapy improves sleep and reduces PTSD symptom severity in combat veterans. |
Abstract
Imagery rehearsal therapy that combines education about sleep and nightmares, devising pleasant imagery, rescripting target nightmares, and rehearsing new dream scenarios helps combat veterans improve sleep and reduce severity of PTSD symptoms.
Comparable studies
Other narrative reviews on PTSD, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychedelic Psychiatry's Brave New World. | 2020 | Review | |
| Reviewing the Potential of Psychedelics for the Treatment of PTSD | 2020 | Review | |
| Novel psychopharmacological therapies for psychiatric disorders: psilocybin and MDMA. | 2016 | Review | |
| MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD: Are memory reconsolidation and fear extinction underlying mechanisms? | 2018 | Review | |
| Clinical applications of hallucinogens: A review. | 2016 | Review |