Main description:

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.

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