• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Blog
  • Subscribe to the Journal
  • Contact Us
Sleep Diagnosis and Therapy

Sleep Diagnosis and Therapy

Official Publication of the American Sleep and Breathing Academy

54% U.S Combat Veterans Suffer from Insomnia

October 18, 2013 by admin

Recent literature published in Current Psychiatry Reports titled “Deployment-related insomnia in military personnel and veterans”  states Insomnia is reported by 54% of the 2 million U.S. men and women who served in various combat efforts since Sept., 11, 2001, which is more than double the insomnia rate among civilian adults.

View Abstract Here

Even if insomnia may have developed prior to joining the military, it can also occur during the service period, with combat exposure, mild traumatic brain injury, irregular sleep/wake schedules or post-deployment when the soldier returns to civilian life. Soldiers who suffer from insomnia while being deployed have a greater chance of developing traumatic stress reactions such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorders, and even committing suicide, said Dr. Adam Bramoweth of the Department of Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, and Dr. Anne Germain of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Training was recently rolled out to prepare providers in the Veterans Health Administration to use cognitive behavioral treatment of insomnia. The goal is to educate 1,000 clinicians in an effort to bridge the gap between veterans who need treatment, and available providers.

“Training providers to be knowledgeable about insomnia and behavioral treatment options is a vital component to the treatment of chronic insomnia and managing its impact on other disorders,” said the researchers.

Source: News Medical

Filed Under: Articles, Blog

Primary Sidebar

More to See

Xywav Oral Solution for Idiopathic Hypersomnia

February 16, 2022 By Alan Hickey

New Insomnia Drug Improves Sleep Outcomes for Adults

February 10, 2022 By Alan Hickey

Tags

apnea CPAP Health Home Sleep Home Sleep Testing insomnia narcolepsy obstructive sleep apnea Sleep sleep apnea sleep apnea symptoms sleep apnea syndrome sleep apnea treatment sleep appliances sleep buisness Sleep Business sleep center Sleep Centers sleep community sleep diagnosis sleep diagnostic sleep diagnostics sleep disease sleep disorder sleep disorder center sleep disordered breathing sleep disorders sleep heart health sleep industry sleeping Sleep Lab sleep labs sleep management sleep medicine sleep monitor sleep physicians sleep problems sleep studies sleep study sleep technologist sleep test sleep testing Technology therapy Treatment

Footer

About SleepDT

SleepDT Sleep Diagnosis and Therapy is a clinical Journal for allied Sleep Professionals, Neurologists, Psychiatrists, Pulmonologists, Primary Care Physicians, and other medical specialists. We also advocate on behalf of patient care in the field of Sleep Medicine

Recent

  • Sleep Hygiene: Which Bedroom Colors to Avoid and which Promote Good Sleep??
  • Xywav Oral Solution for Idiopathic Hypersomnia
  • New Insomnia Drug Improves Sleep Outcomes for Adults
  • Mark Cuban Billionaire Entrepreneur and Television Personality Launches Online Pharmacy for Generic Drugs
  • Americans Say They’re Sleep-Deprived After the Super Bowl

NAVIGATION

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Blog
  • Subscribe to the Journal
  • Contact Us

Copyright © 2022 · Sleep Diagnosis and Therapy