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Sleep disturbances and PTSD: a perpetual circle?

BACKGROUND: Sleep facilitates the consolidation of fear extinction memory. Nightmares and insomnia are hallmark symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), possibly interfering with fear extinction and compromising recovery. A perpetual circle may develop when sleep disturbances increase the r...

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Autor principal: van Liempt, Saskia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3464455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23050070
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v3i0.19142