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Psychobiology of Sleep Disturbances in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Author(s) -
MELLMAN THOMAS A.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48275.x
Subject(s) - miami , posttraumatic stress , sleep medicine , center (category theory) , annals , psychology , psychiatry , art , classics , sleep disorder , chemistry , environmental science , cognition , soil science , crystallography
Sleep disturbances are prominent complaints of PTSD patients. Some, but not all, of the polysomnographic studies support the occurrence of sleep disruption. The main dimensions of sleep disturbance in the disorder relate to arousal regulation and REM-related functions of dreaming and memory processing. Both of these issues are relevant to the pathogenesis of PTSD and manifestations of the disorder during wake states. Studies elucidating the effects of treatment on sleep parameters are an important direction for future research.