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| Wilfred R PigeonSummaryAffiliation: Dartmouth Medical School Country: USA Publications
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Distinguishing between excessive daytime sleepiness and fatigue: toward improved detection and treatmentWilfred R Pigeon
Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
J Psychosom Res 54:61-9. 2003..The similarity of EDS and fatigue may create diagnostic ambiguity and thereby contribute to under-identification and under-treatment. Fatigue, in particular, is thought to be difficult to manage when it is identified...
Comparative effectiveness of CBT interventions for co-morbid chronic pain & insomnia: a pilot studyWilfred R Pigeon
University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Rochester, NY, USA
Behav Res Ther 50:685-9. 2012....- Sleep disturbance and older adults' inflammatory responses to acute stressKathi L Heffner
The Rochester Center for Mind Body Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 20:744-52. 2012..Poor sleep diminishes mental and physical health. The objective of this study was to examine associations between sleep disturbance and interleukin-6 (IL-6) responses to acute mental stress in older adults... 
Treatment of adult insomnia with cognitive-behavioral therapyWilfred R Pigeon
Sleep and Neurophysiology Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester, 300 Crittenden Boulevard Box PSYCH, Rochester, NY 14642 8409, USA
J Clin Psychol 66:1148-60. 2010..A case illustrates the core treatment processes and demonstrates that improving sleep in the context of conditions like chronic pain can lead to better management of such conditions...- Diagnosis, prevalence, pathways, consequences & treatment of insomniaWilfred R Pigeon
Sleep and Neurophysiology Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, USA
Indian J Med Res 131:321-32. 2010..Both sedative-hypnotic and cognitivebehavioural interventions exist for insomnia and each type of intervention have substantial levels of empirical support for their efficacy... - Effects of a tart cherry juice beverage on the sleep of older adults with insomnia: a pilot studyWilfred R Pigeon
Sleep and Neurophysiology Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
J Med Food 13:579-83. 2010..These effects, however, were considerably less than those for evidence-based treatments of insomnia: hypnotic agents and cognitive-behavioral therapies for insomnia... - The incidence and temporal patterning of insomnia: a pilot studyMichael L Perlis
Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
J Sleep Res 19:31-5. 2010..These data suggest that insomnia severity may be mediated/moderated by sleep homeostasis and that the homeostat, or input to the homeostat, may be abnormal in patients with PI... - REM sleep and the early development of posttraumatic stress disorderThomas A Mellman
Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth School of Medicine, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Am J Psychiatry 159:1696-701. 2002.... - Identification and management of insomniaMichael J Sateia
Section of Behavioral Medicine, Sleep Disorders Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Med Clin North Am 88:567-96, vii. 2004 - Treatment of residual insomnia after CBT for PTSD: case studiesJason C DeViva
Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
J Trauma Stress 18:155-9. 2005..Results highlight issues specific to treating insomnia in trauma populations and future directions for examining treatment of insomnia associated with PTSD... - Sleep homeostasis in primary insomniaWilfred R Pigeon
Sleep and Neurophysiology Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, 300 Crittenden Blvd, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Sleep Med Rev 10:247-54. 2006..In addition, we provide a discussion regarding how hyperarousal and circadian factors may interact with altered sleep homeostasis, and suggestions for further inquiry... - Why treat insomnia?Sara E Matteson-Rusby
Sleep and Neurophysiology Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester, New York and Behavioral Sleep Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry 12:PCC.08r00743. 2010..To make the case that insomnia is better conceptualized, not as a symptom, but as a primary disorder... - Elevated sleep disturbance among blacks in an urban family medicine practiceWilfred R Pigeon
Department of Psychiatry, Sleep and Neurophysiology Research Laboratory, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 24:161-8. 2011..Blacks experience a number of health disparities. Sleep disturbances contribute to poor health. This preliminary study explores whether a disparity in sleep disturbances exists among blacks compared with whites and others... - Chronic low back pain, sleep disturbance, and interleukin-6Kathi L Heffner
Department of Psychiatry, Rochester Center for Mind Body Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, 300 Crittenden Boulevard, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Clin J Pain 27:35-41. 2011..The aim of our study was to examine associations between sleep disturbance and circulating levels of the inflammatory cytokine, interleukin-6 (IL-6), in individuals with and without chronic low back pain... - The future of behavioral sleep medicineWilfred R Pigeon
Sleep and Neurophysiology Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, 300 Crittenden Blvd Rochester, NY 14642, USA
J Clin Sleep Med 3:73-9. 2007..A brief history of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, challenges to achieving greater integration, progress made to date, and suggestions for the immediate future are presented... - Is insomnia a perpetuating factor for late-life depression in the IMPACT cohort?Wilfred R Pigeon
Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester NY, USA
Sleep 31:481-8. 2008..The present longitudinal study examines the relationship of insomnia to the continuation of depression in the context of an intervention study in elderly subjects... - Heart rate variability during sleep and the early development of posttraumatic stress disorderThomas A Mellman
Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Biol Psychiatry 55:953-6. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Our findings are consistent with the possibility that increased noradrenergic activity during REM sleep contributes to the development of PTSD... - Placebo effects in primary insomniaMichael L Perlis
Sleep and Neurophysiology Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester, 300 Crittenden Blvd Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Sleep Med Rev 9:381-9. 2005..An appreciation of the latter phenomenon may provide increased power to detect therapeutic outcomes and may be used to potentiate clinical gains... - Relationships between REM sleep findings and PTSD symptoms during the early aftermath of traumaThomas A Mellman
Department of Psychiatry, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA
J Trauma Stress 20:893-901. 2007..Relative beta frequency during REM sleep from a subset of cases correlated negatively with PTSD and nightmare severity. These findings suggest a link between subjective symptoms and REM sleep phenomena acutely following trauma... - Do patients with sleep maintenance insomnia have a problem with sleep maintenance?Pamela V Thacher
Department of Psychology, St Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, USA
Behav Sleep Med 4:203-18. 2006..The data from this study represent the first attempt to characterize the stages from which awakenings occur in sleep maintenance insomnia...