Archive for the ‘PTSD’ Category
The Terrorist Attack on Ft. Hood is on a Scale Similar to the Events at Virginia Tech in April, 2007
November 9th, 2009 | 
Author: Regrettably, the terrorist attack on Ft. Hood is on a scale similar to the events at Virginia Tech in April, 2007, and therefore I wanted to repost this information from May 2007, because it is important to get the information out regarding the impact of sleep disturbances on PTSD and the role of sleep treatments in helping patients with PTSD.
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Maimonides International Nightmare Treatment
Video Blog: Dr. Barry Krakow discusses how patients with nightmares typically have additional sleep disorders and rarely complain about only nightmares themselves.
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Time Monitoring in PTSD Patients
Video Blog: Dr. Krakow discusses time monitoring of patients suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
REM Sleep and PTSD Recovery – Part I
Video Blog: Dr. Barry Krakow discusses the connection between REM sleep and post traumatic stress disorder.
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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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...
Can we learn to rewrite our bad dreams?
See Dr. Krakow's videos at sleeptreatment.com with the latest news and personal testimonials about his book.
