Adverse childhood experiences are associated with adult sleep disorders: A systematic review

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 320-330

  Kajeepeta, Sandhya ^a   Gelaye, Bizu ^a   Jackson, Chandra L ^a,b   Williams, Michelle A ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Adverse childhood experience; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE; ALCOHOLISM; AUTOMUTILATION; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEAR OF SLEEPING; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INSOMNIA; IRRITABLE COLON; MEDICAL HISTORY; NARCOLEPSY; NIGHTMARE; PARASOMNIA; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHOBIA; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SEXUAL ASSAULT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP QUALITY; SURVIVOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; LIFE EVENT; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS;

EID: 84925256315     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2014.12.013     Document Type: Review

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