TY - JOUR
T1 - Trauma-Associated Sleep Disturbances
T2 - a Distinct Sleep Disorder?
AU - Rachakonda, Tara D.
AU - Balba, Nadir M.
AU - Lim, Miranda M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This material is the result of work supported with resources and the use of facilities at the VA Portland Health Care System, VA Career Development Award #IK2 BX002712, NIH EXITO Institutional Core, # UL1GM118964, and the Portland VA Research Foundation to M.M.L.; and DoD # PT160162 to M.M.L. and N.M.B. The contents do not represent the views of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States Government.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, This is a U.S. Government work and not under copyright protection in the US; foreign copyright protection may apply.
PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - Purpose of Review: This paper describes a newly proposed sleep disorder, trauma-associated sleep disorder (TSD). Whether or not this represents a truly unique condition is controversial. In this paper, we describe the overlapping features and differences between TSD, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD). Recent Findings: While REM sleep without atonia (RWA) and dream enactment are part of the diagnostic criteria for both RBD and TSD, only TSD features nightmares that occur both in non-REM and REM. A key difference between TSD and PTSD is the presence of symptoms during wakefulness in the latter, though the relationship between the two disorders is, as of yet, unclear. It is unknown whether or not a relationship exists between TSD and neurodegeneration; thus, this needs to be explored further. Summary: Additional research, such as application of TSD diagnostic criteria to more diverse population, would help to determine whether or not TSD is a distinct clinical entity, its relationships to PTSD, as well as the association of this condition with the development of neurodegeneration.
AB - Purpose of Review: This paper describes a newly proposed sleep disorder, trauma-associated sleep disorder (TSD). Whether or not this represents a truly unique condition is controversial. In this paper, we describe the overlapping features and differences between TSD, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD). Recent Findings: While REM sleep without atonia (RWA) and dream enactment are part of the diagnostic criteria for both RBD and TSD, only TSD features nightmares that occur both in non-REM and REM. A key difference between TSD and PTSD is the presence of symptoms during wakefulness in the latter, though the relationship between the two disorders is, as of yet, unclear. It is unknown whether or not a relationship exists between TSD and neurodegeneration; thus, this needs to be explored further. Summary: Additional research, such as application of TSD diagnostic criteria to more diverse population, would help to determine whether or not TSD is a distinct clinical entity, its relationships to PTSD, as well as the association of this condition with the development of neurodegeneration.
KW - Neurodegeneration
KW - Nightmare disorder
KW - Post-traumatic stress disorder
KW - REM sleep without atonia
KW - Sleep disorder
KW - Trauma-associated sleep disorder
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U2 - 10.1007/s40675-018-0119-2
DO - 10.1007/s40675-018-0119-2
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85054657018
SN - 2198-6401
VL - 4
SP - 143
EP - 148
JO - Current Sleep Medicine Reports
JF - Current Sleep Medicine Reports
IS - 2
ER -