Safe Enough to Sleep: Sleep Disruptions Associated with Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress, and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 877-891

  Charuvastra, Anthony ^a,b   Cloitre, Marylene ^a,b  

^a The Trauma and Resilience Program   (United States)

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety; Children; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Sleep; Stress; Trauma

Indexed keywords

FLUVOXAMINE MALEATE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY; HUMAN; NIGHTMARE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REM SLEEP; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DREAMS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PRAZOSIN; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 70349847842     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2009.04.002     Document Type: Review

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