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Increased Time in Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Following a Traumatic Event May Offset Symptoms of Fear

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Jessica Nye, PhD

Given the interactions of sleep with learning and memory, researchers hypothesized that increasing sleep duration following trauma exposure would restore overall function and improve trauma-induced fear-associated memory dysfunction.

Sleep Deprivation May Be Linked to E-Cigarette Use in Young Adults

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Emily Pond

Given the increase in recent years of e-cigarette use, researchers looked at whether this use is associated with sleep deprivation in a sample of young adults.

Undetected Sleep Disorders Contribute to Healthcare Worker Burnout

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Rose Reeb

Investigators seek to identify the prevalence of sleep disorders and estimate the cross-sectional association between sleep disorders and burnout symptoms among faculty and staff in a large teaching hospital system.

CBT May Help Sleep-Related Repetitive Negative Thinking

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Heather R. Johnson

Researchers looked to further connect the dots between cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia and repetitive negative thinking.

Sleep Deprivation May Impair the Ability to Regulate Intrusive Thoughts

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Emily Pond

Following overnight sleep or total sleep deprivation, study participants attempted to suppress intrusions of emotionally negative and neutral scenes when confronted with reminders.

Certain Sleep Disorders Associated With Lower Gray Matter Volume

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Heather R. Johnson

Since the association between physiological sleep characteristics and brain structure is not well understood, researchers aimed to investigate gray matter volume and cognitive performance related to physiological sleep characteristics.

COVID-19 Patients With Longer Hospital Stays May Have Better Psychiatric Outcomes

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Mary Stroka

Researchers conducted 1-month follow-ups with patients who had either been treated at the hospital or at home for COVID-19 and found that longer hospital stays were associated with lower scores on psychopathology dimension tests.

Sleep Disorders: Treatments

Prescription drugs for the treatment of various sleep disorders including insomnia, narcolepsy, non-24-hour sleep disorder, and restless leg syndrome.

Alterations of Sleep Patterns at the Family Level During Home Confinement Due to Coronavirus Disease 2019

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Jessica Nye, PhD

This study addresses possible consequences of the COVID-19 crisis and home confinement on maternal anxiety, maternal insomnia, and maternal reports of sleep problems among children aged 6–72 months.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Also Yields Improvement in Depression, Anxiety Symptoms

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Heather R. Johnson

Examining the effect of low, moderate, and severe symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress on insomnia improvements during Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for insomnia