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| WILFRED PIGEONSummaryAffiliation: University of Rochester Country: USA Publications
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The pathophysiology of insomnia: from models to molecules (and back)Wilfred R Pigeon
Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention, Canandaigua VA Medical Center, Canandaigua, New York, USA
Curr Opin Pulm Med 18:546-53. 2012....
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 preceding suicide among veteransWilfred R Pigeon
VISN 2 Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention, Canandaigua Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Canandaigua, NY 14424, USA
Am J Public Health 102:S93-7. 2012..We examined the role of sleep disturbance in time to suicide since the last treatment visit among veterans receiving Veterans Health Administration (VHA) services...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Sleep disturbances and their association with mental health among women exposed to intimate partner violenceWilfred R Pigeon
Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention, Canandaigua VA Medical Center, Canandaigua, New York, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 20:1923-9. 2011..This association, however, has not been well characterized in terms of general prevalence or its further relationship with depression, suicidality, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...
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 efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia in patients with chronic painCarla R Jungquist
University of Rochester, School of Nursing, NY, USA
Sleep Med 11:302-9. 2010..To assess the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) in patients with non-malignant chronic pain...
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...
The effect of interpersonal psychotherapy for depression on insomnia symptoms in a cohort of women with sexual abuse historiesWilfred R Pigeon
Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642 8409, USA Wilfred
J Trauma Stress 22:634-8. 2009..Despite improvements in depression, insomnia persists for most women with CSA...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
Research Grants
- Treatment of Insomnia Secondary to Chronic PainWILFRED PIGEON; Fiscal Year: 2006..Finally, it is anticipated that studies of this kind will provide the evidence required to make CBT-I a standard of practice for the management of chronic pain. ..
- The Psychoneuroimmunology of Insomnia: Response to a Vaccine ChallengeWILFRED PIGEON; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- The Psychoneuroimmunology of Insomnia: Response to a Vaccine ChallengeWILFRED PIGEON; Fiscal Year: 2009....
