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 in sleep medicine in settings where combat-related PTSD is commonplace. Authored by leading international experts in the field of sleep/military medicine, Sleep and Combat-Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is organized in six sections and provides a broad perspective of the field, from the established theories to the most recent developments in research, including the latest neuroscientific perspectives surrounding sleep and PTSD. The result is a full assessment of sleep in relation to combat-related PTSD and a gold standard volume that is the first of its kind. This comprehensive title will be of great interest to a wide range of clinicians -- from academics and clinicians working within or in partnership with the military health care system to veteran hospital physicians and all health personnel who work with war veterans.

Provides the most comprehensive overview of the interface between sleep disorders and combat-related PTSD Authored by an international group of authorities in the fields of sleep disorders and military medicine Illustrated, informative, and a practical source of knowledge for physicians who deal with war veterans Offers proven strategies for optimizing results for difficult-to-treat patients with sleep and co-morbid mental disturbances

Autorentext
Eric Vermetten, MD, PhD

Colonel, Head of Research - Military Mental Health Care, Ministry of Defense, The Netherlands

Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands

Arq Psychotrauma Research Group, Diemen, the Netherlands

Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, New York School of Medicine, USA

Anne Germain, PhD

Department of Psychiatry

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Pittsburgh, PA

Thomas Neylan, MD

Department of Psychiatry

UCSF School of Medicine

San Francisco, CA

Inhalt
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.