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| Philip R GehrmanSummaryAffiliation: University of Pennsylvania Country: USA Publications
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Treatment of nightmares in the context of posttraumatic stress disorderPhilip R Gehrman
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Suite 670, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Clin Psychol 66:1185-94. 2010..The case illustrates the use of these strategies for managing PTSD-related nightmares, as well as the novel approach of scheduled awakenings following relapse...
Risk factors for excessive sleepiness in older adultsAllan I Pack
Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, Philadelphia, PA 19104 3403, USA
Ann Neurol 59:893-904. 2006..To determine risk factors for excessive daytime sleepiness in older adults...
Consequences of comorbid insomnia symptoms and sleep-related breathing disorder in elderly subjectsNalaka S Gooneratne
Division of Geriatric Medicine, Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:1732-8. 2006..The prevalence of sleep-related breathing disorder (SRBD) and insomnia symptoms increases considerably with advancing age, but little is known about their cooccurrence and their effects on daytime functioning when present together...
Increases in core body temperature precede hot flashes in a prostate cancer patientLaura J Hanisch
Behavioral Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Psychooncology 18:564-7. 2009..We present preliminary findings of physiological changes in a prostate cancer patient with frequent hot flashes...
Problems associated with short sleep: bridging the gap between laboratory and epidemiological studiesMichael A Grandner
Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 125 S 31st Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Sleep Med Rev 14:239-47. 2010....
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...
Who gets the best sleep? Ethnic and socioeconomic factors related to sleep complaintsMichael A Grandner
Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
Sleep Med 11:470-8. 2010..g., sleep apnea), which are all related to increased mortality risk. General sleep complaints, however, which may better approximate symptoms as they are experienced, have not been examined in a large population sample...
Melatonin fails to improve sleep or agitation in double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial of institutionalized patients with Alzheimer diseasePhilip R Gehrman
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 17:166-9. 2009..Given that the disease is often associated with low endogenous levels of melatonin, exogenous melatonin administration may lead to improvements in sleep and agitation...
Predictors of sleep disturbances in Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom veterans reporting a traumaLes A Gellis
Philadelphia Veterans Medical Center, MIRECC 116, 2nd Floor, University and Woodland Avenues, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Mil Med 175:567-73. 2010..80, p = 0.007), and greater nonsleep depression increased the likelihood of severe DIMS (OR = 1.20, p = 0.008). Thus, factors aside from PTSD severity are related to sleep disturbance in OIF/OEF veterans reporting a trauma...
