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I’ll Sleep to That

A big study on drinking behaviors after combat exposure, with a great quote on a sleep connection, “They have intrusive recollections: ‘I keep remembering it, I have nightmares about it, I can’t escape it,”‘ Schlenger said. Vets try to escape the memories through alcohol or drugs, he said.

Exactly, they drink to fall asleep and they drink to suppress bad dreams.

Sounds like sleep disorders are a trigger, wouldn’t you say?

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PTSD Sleep Clinic

March 12, 2010

On Friday March 12th, Maimonides Sleep Arts & Sciences will host an open house for its new PTSD Sleep Clinic from 10 am to 6 pm with presentations and workshops throughout the day. Patients and healthcare providers are invited; and Dr. Barry Krakow will lecture at noon and 6 PM on "PTSD and REM Sleep: Dream Your Way to Better Sleep"

Call 998-7201 to receive a list of open house events. To attend one of Dr. Krakow's lectures, please RSVP (998.7201).


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Television Watchers Die Sooner?

Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit.com quotes Dr. Barry Krakow: "TV is a marker. Patients with more severe sleep problems watch more tv because they lack the energy to trigger their natural motivation to do something more active." Read More...


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