Sleep Diaries of Vietnam War Veterans With Chronic PTSD: The Relationships Among Insomnia Symptoms, Psychosocial Stress, and Nightmares

Behavioral Sleep Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 255-264

  Gehrman, Philip R ^a,b   Harb, Gerlinde C ^a   Cook, Joan M ^c,d   Barilla, Holly ^b   Ross, Richard J ^b,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Behavioral Science Division   (United States)

^e Philadelphia Medical Center for Veteran Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLICATION; DREAM; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF REPORT; SLEEP; TIME; VETERAN; VIET NAM; WAR;

DREAMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; VETERANS; VIETNAM; WAR;

EID: 84929027151     PISSN: 15402002     EISSN: 15402010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2014.880344     Document Type: Article

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