Control-Related Beliefs and Sleep Characteristics of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Patients

1989 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 567-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Mikulincer ◽  
Hanania Glaubman ◽  
Orna Wasserman ◽  
Anat Porat ◽  
Moshe Birger
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Sleep Patterns ◽  
Control Subjects ◽  
Sleep Difficulties

To examine correlations among chronic Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), control-related beliefs, and sleep difficulties 7 PTSD casualties and 7 non-PTSD matched subjects were compared in their laboratory sleep patterns as well as in their beliefs about personal control over external and internal events in general and over sleep-related events in particular. Analyses indicated that PTSD casualties had poorer sleep and reported more doubts regarding their ability to control external and internal events than control subjects. Further, we found a significant association between perceived control and sleep difficulties. Results were discussed in terms of Horowitz's conception of intrapsychic processes related to PTSD.

Incidence and Correlates of Posttrauma Symptoms in Children From Backgrounds of Domestic Violence

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 555-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Mertin ◽  
Philip B. Mohr
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Women's Shelters ◽  
Women’S Shelters ◽  
Effects On Children ◽  
Anxiety Depression ◽  
Sleep Difficulties

In recent years, evidence has emerged of the presence of posttrauma symptoms in children from backgrounds of domestic violence. The present study examined the incidence and correlates of posttrauma symptoms in 56 children of mothers who had been residents in women’s shelters in Adelaide, South Australia. The most frequently endorsed symptoms among this sample of children were being troubled by distressing thoughts, conscious avoidance, hypervigilance, and sleep difficulties. Twenty percent of children met the criteria for a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Children meeting full PTSD criteria scored significantly higher on measures of anxiety, depression, and dissociation. Results support the use of a posttrauma framework for understanding the effects on children of living with domestic violence.

Challenges in the Implementation of Manualized Psychotherapy in Combat-related PTSD

CNS Spectrums ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 872-880 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Linden ◽  
Julia Golier
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Major Depressive Episode ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Supportive Therapy ◽  
Chief Complaint ◽  
Veterans Administration ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
Sleep Difficulties

Mr. F is a 60-year-old Caucasian, married, unemployed male who presented to the outpatient department of the Veterans Administration (VA) ∼10 months ago with a chief complaint of sleep difficulties. Approximately 12 years ago he had been diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a major depressive episode (MDE). He received very little treatment, either medication or therapy, at that time. He presented after being followed in a Veteran's Center for weekly to biweekly supportive therapy with a counselor for ∼6 months. He had gone to the Veteran's Center due to the encouragement of his wife. She had noted that he was becoming increasingly irritable and isolative at home and she had asked him to seek help for his anger and irritability. An event occurred in which he broke a chair after watching war-related news coverage and that made her insist that he present for treatment.

scholarly journals Comparison of Sleep Patterns in Vietnam Veterans With and Without Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Using Wrist Actigraphy

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (05) ◽  
pp. 725-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Theal ◽  
Sarah McLeay ◽  
Sarah Gleeson ◽  
Fraser Lowrie ◽  
Robyn O'Sullivan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Vietnam Veterans ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Sleep Patterns ◽  
Wrist Actigraphy

scholarly journals Anxiety and depressive symptoms during pregnancy, perceived control and posttraumatic stress symptoms after childbirth: A longitudinal mediation analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (13-14) ◽  
pp. 2085-2095 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tânia Brandão ◽  
Rute Brites ◽  
Odete Nunes ◽  
Mónica Pires ◽  
João Hipólito
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Sense Of Control ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
Pregnancy And Postpartum

This longitudinal study evaluated the mediating role of sense of control during labour in the association between anxiety and depression levels during pregnancy and postpartum posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. Participants were 57 women. Anxiety and depression were assessed during pregnancy; sense of control and childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms were collected 6–8 weeks after childbirth. Higher levels of anxiety and depression were associated with more postpartum posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms through lack of perceived control. For depression, this happened only for primiparous. Interventions targeting mechanisms enhancing perceptions/feelings of control should be offered to these women to prevent/minimize childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder.

Differential time courses and specificity of amygdala activity in posttraumatic stress disorder subjects and normal control subjects

2005 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 464-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xenia Protopopescu ◽  
Hong Pan ◽  
Oliver Tuescher ◽  
Marylene Cloitre ◽  
Martin Goldstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Normal Control ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Control Subjects ◽  
Amygdala Activity ◽  
Time Courses
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