Sleep
April 1, 2011
Tore Nielsen
55 citations
The author has indicated no financial conflicts of interest. Rosalind Cartwright, Professor Emeritus of Rush University Medical Center's Graduate College Neuroscience Division and founder of the first accredited Sleep Disorders and Research Center in the State of Illinois, recently published her fourth book on the topic of sleep and dreaming. She has previously written A Primer on Sleep and...
Brain and Cognition
March 2011
Petr Bob, Miroslav Světlák
Recent findings indicate that neural mechanisms of consciousness are related to integration of distributed neural assemblies. This neural integration is particularly vulnerable to past stressful experiences that can lead to disintegration and dissociation of consciousness. These findings suggest that dissociation could be described as a level of neural disintegration reflecting a number of...
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
January 31, 2011
Helané Wahbeh, Heather Zwickey, Barry Oken
31 citations
OBJECTIVES: Home practice is frequently prescribed as part of mind-body medicine interventions, although rarely objectively measured. This brief methods report describes one method for objectively measuring home practice adherence using a custom monitoring software program. DESIGN: Methods for objectively measuring adherence were developed as part of a randomized controlled trial on the...
Sleep
2011
Michael R Nadorff, Sarra Nazem, Amy Fiske
287 citations
STUDY OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether insomnia symptoms and nightmares are related to suicidal ideation independent of one another and independent of the symptoms of anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). DESIGN: The study consisted of questionnaires examining insomnia symptoms and nightmares, and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and...
ANS. Advances in nursing science
2011
Bernadette Lange
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programs are becoming more integrated into the treatment of persons with substance use disorders (SUDs). A focus of MBSR is to increase awareness of sensations in the body and accept them in the moment without judgment. Little is known about the readiness of women, with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and their level of comfort to participate in...
Journal of Traumatic Stress
October 1, 2010
Joan M. Cook, Gerlinde C. Harb, Philip Gehrman et al.
AbstractOne hundred twenty‐four male Vietnam War veterans with chronic, severe posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were randomly assigned to imagery rehearsal (n = 61) or a credible active comparison condition (n = 63) for the treatment of combat‐related nightmares. There was pre‐post change in overall sleep quality and PTSD symptoms for both groups, but not in nightmare frequency....
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
October 1, 2010
Kate L Berlin, Melanie K Means, Jack D Edinger
Following exposure to traumatic events, approximately 19% of combat veterans develop posttraumatic stress disorder. One of the main symptoms of this mental illness is reexperiencing the trauma, which is commonly expressed in the form of chronic trauma-related nightmares. In these patients, nightmares can fragment sleep, decrease sleep quality, and even cause fear about going to sleep. One...
Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
August 1, 2010
Mice in ecstasy: advanced animal models in the study of MDMA.
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
August 1, 2010
Prazosin is recommended for treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)-associated nightmares. Level A. Image Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) is recommended for treatment of nightmare disorder. Level A. Systematic Desensitization and Progressive Deep Muscle Relaxation training are suggested for treatment of idiopathic nightmares. Level B. Venlafaxine is not suggested for treatment of...
Behavior Therapy
June 1, 2010
Carla M Nappi, Sean P A Drummond, Steven R Thorp et al.
Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) has been shown to be efficacious in reducing nightmares, but the treatment has not been well-studied in veterans. The effectiveness of IRT was assessed from a chart review of veterans seeking outpatient treatment for chronic, trauma-related nightmares. Of those offered IRT, veterans who completed a full course of treatment for PTSD in the past year were more...