Étiquette : sleep regulation

Posttraumatic stress disorder, sleep and medical cannabis treatment: A daily diary study, Sharon R. Sznitman et al., 2022

Posttraumatic stress disorder, sleep and medical cannabis treatment: A daily diary study Sharon R. Sznitman, David Meiri, Ben H. Amit, Dennis Rosenberg, Talya Greene Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 2022, 92, 102632 Doi : 10.1016/j.janxdis.2022.102632 Abstract Despite increasing use of Medical Cannabis (MC) among posttraumatic stress disorder(PTSD) patients, research is lacking on how MC treatment relates to PTSD symptomatology, in particular sleep disturbances. This study examines the time gap between MC use and sleep onset and its association with (1) number of awakenings throughout the night, (2) early awakenings, (3) nightmares. Each morning over a two week period, 77 licensed MC patients suffering from PTSD reported [...]

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