Improvement of mood and sleep alterations in posttraumatic stress disorder patients by eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

Improvement of mood and sleep alterations in posttraumatic stress disorder patients by eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients exhibit depressive and anxiety symptoms, in addition to nightmares, which interfere with sleep continuity. Pharmacologic treatment of these sleep problems improves PTSD symptoms, but very few studies have used psychotherapeutic interventions to treat PTS...

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Main Authors: Mara Regina Raboni, Fabiana Fernanda Dias Alonso, Sergio eTufik, Deborah eSuchecki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
Anxiety
Depression
Psychotherapy
posttraumatic stress disorder
sleep fragmentation
EMDR
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00209/full

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