Sleep in Lifetime Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Author(s) -
Naomi Breslau,
Thomas Roth,
Eleni Burduvali,
Alissa Kapke,
Lonni Schultz,
Timothy Roehrs
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.61.5.508
Subject(s) - cohort , psychology , nightmare , sleep disorder , polysomnography , depression (economics) , psychiatry , obstructive sleep apnea , sleep (system call) , medicine , clinical psychology , insomnia , apnea , computer science , economics , macroeconomics , operating system
Sleep complaints are common in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and are included in the DSM criteria. Polysomnographic studies conducted on small samples of subjects with specific traumas have yielded conflicting results. We therefore evaluated polysomnographic sleep disturbances in PTSD.
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