Efficacy of a Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia and Nightmares in Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans With PTSD

• Published in: Journal of clinical psychology Vol. 69; no. 10; pp. 1026 - 1042
• Main Authors: Margolies, Skye Ochsner, Rybarczyk, Bruce, Vrana, Scott R., Leszczyszyn, David J., Lynch, John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, NJ Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2013; Wiley; Wiley Periodicals Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Afghan Campaign 2001; Anxiety disorders. Neuroses; Behavior therapy. Cognitive therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Cognitive therapy; Cognitive Therapy - methods; cognitive-behavior therapy for insomnia; Depression - epidemiology; Depression - therapy; Disorders of higher nervous function. Focal brain diseases. Central vestibular syndrome and deafness. Brain stem syndromes; Dreams - psychology; Female; Humans; Imagery (Psychotherapy) - methods; imagery rehearsal therapy; Insomnia; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Male; Medical sciences; Mental depression; Mental health care; Middle Aged; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Neurology; nightmares; Post traumatic stress disorder; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; PTSD; Sleep; Sleep - physiology; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - epidemiology; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - therapy; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - therapy; Stress, Psychological - epidemiology; Stress, Psychological - therapy; Treatment Outcome; Treatments; United States; Veterans; Veterans - psychology; Young Adult; Asia; Afghanistan; Iraq; United States; Human; cognitive-behavior therapy for insomnia; Nervous system diseases; Cognitive therapy; Anxiety disorder; Sleep disorder; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Stress; PTSD; Waken dream; Treatment; imagery rehearsal therapy; Insomnia; nightmares; Behavior therapy; Nightmare; Neurological disorder; Veteran; insomnia

Objective Sleep disturbances are a core and salient feature of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Pilot studies have indicated that combined cognitive‐behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT‐I) and imagery rehearsal therapy (IRT) for nightmares improves sleep as well as PTSD symptoms. Method The pre...