Open AccessThe nexus between sleep disturbances and mental health outcomes in military staff: a systematic review
Author(s) -
Negin Farhadian,
Alireza Moradi,
Mohammad Nami,
Kamran Kazemi,
Mohammad Rasoul Ghadami,
Majid Ahmadi,
Réza Mohammadi,
Mohammad Naseh Talebi,
Prąsun Chakrabarti,
Babak Kateb,
Habibolah Khazaie
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
sleep science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1984-0659
pISSN - 1984-0063
DOI - 10.5935/1984-0063.20220063
Subject(s) - mental health , anxiety , scopus , psychiatry , depression (economics) , sleep (system call) , sleep disorder , active duty , nexus (standard) , psychology , clinical psychology , military personnel , medicine , medline , insomnia , political science , computer science , law , economics , macroeconomics , embedded system , operating system
Military personnel are unique occupational groups who happen to frequently experience sleep insuffciencies. Since sleep disorders are known to be linked to many psychiatric symptoms, sleep disturbance is a salient concern among active duty service members and veterans. Existing evidence indicates that although sleep disturbances co-occur with mental illnesses, there is a tendency to particularly label them as consequences of certain mental health issues.