Sleep and Combat-Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

There are few clinical problems in the sleep medicine field that are more challenging than the sleep difficulties experienced by individuals suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This book offers a unique, complete resource addressing all the basic concepts and clinical applications...

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Other Authors: Vermetten, Eric (Editor), Germain, Anne (Editor), Neylan, Thomas C. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2018, 2018
Edition:1st ed. 2018
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Introduction
  • Ch. 1: War, Sleep and PTSD: War and War-related Trauma: An Overview
  • Ch. 2: Combat-Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Prevalence and Risk Factors
  • Ch. 3: Sleep as a Mediator of mTBI and PTSD
  • Ch. 4: Gender Differences in Sleep and War Zone-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  • Part 2: Military Deployment and Sleep
  • Ch. 5: The Role Of Sleep In The Health And Resiliency Of Military Personnel
  • Ch. 6: Sleep Disturbance during Military Deployment
  • Ch. 7: Sleep and fatigue issues in military operations
  • Ch. 8: Suicidal Behavior in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Focus on Combat Exposure
  • Part 3: Neuroscience PTSD and Sleep
  • Ch. 9: PBRM1: Genetics of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Sleep Disturbance
  • Ch. 10: The Neurocircuitry of Fear and PTSD
  • Ch. 11: Brain Pathways of Traumatic Memory: Evidence from an Animal Model of PTSD
  • Ch. 12: Brain Structural Abnormalities in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Relations with Sleeping Problems
  • Ch. 13: PET Ligands Binding Specific Imaging Proteins in the Brain: The Application in PTSD
  • Part 4: Assessment of Sleep in relation to combat related PTSD
  • Ch. 14: Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  • Ch. 15: Sleep Disturbances and Sleep Assessment Methods in PTSD
  • Ch. 16: Sleep Changes in PTSD
  • Ch. 17: Actigraphy and PTSD
  • Ch. 18: The Extreme Nocturnal Manifestation of Trauma: Trauma Associated Sleep Disorder
  • Ch. 19: PTSD, arousal and disrupted (REM) sleep
  • Ch. 20: The Psychophysiology of PTSD Nightmares
  • Ch. 21: Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  • Ch. 22: Heart Rate Variability, Sleep, and the early detection of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Ch. 23: Sleep, Declarative Memory, and PTSD: Current Status and Future Directions
  • Part 5: Treatments of sleep disturbances in PTSD
  • Ch. 24: Psychotherapy Interventions for Comorbid Sleep Disorders and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  • Ch. 25: Cognitive Processing Therapy and Trauma-Related Sleep Disturbance
  • Ch. 26: Imagery Rehearsal Therapy for PTSD-related Nightmares
  • Ch. 27: Nightmare Deconstruction and Reprocessing for PTSD Nightmares
  • Ch. 28: Hypnotic Interventions for Sleep in PTSD
  • Ch. 29: Medication for sleep problems in posttraumatic stress disorder
  • Ch. 30: Pharmacology of Sleep and PTSD
  • Part 6: Specific Populations
  • Ch. 31: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Youth Exposed to War and Terror
  • Ch. 32: Predicting sleep quality and duration in adulthood from war-related exposure and posttraumatic stress in childhood
  • Ch. 33: Sleep disorders among Holocaust survivors
  • Ch.34 : Sleep Studies in Serbian Victims of Torture: analysis of traumatic dreams