Improvement of mood and sleep alterations in posttraumatic stress disorder patients by eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

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dc.contributor.authorRaboni, Mara Regina [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorAlonso, Fabiana Fernanda Dias
dc.contributor.authorTufik, Sergio [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorSuchecki, Deborah [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.contributor.institutionAssoc Fundo Incent Pesquisa
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-24T14:37:27Z
dc.date.available2016-01-24T14:37:27Z
dc.date.issued2014-06-10
dc.description.abstractPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients exhibit depressive and anxiety symptoms, in addition to nightmares, which interfere with sleep continuity. Pharmacologic treatment of these sleep problems improves PTSD symptoms, but very few studies have used psychotherapeutic interventions to treat PTSD and examined their effects on sleep quality. Therefore, in the present study, we sought to investigate the effects of Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing therapy on indices of mood, anxiety, subjective, and objective sleep. the sample was composed of 11 healthy controls and 13 PTSD patients that were victims of assault and/or kidnapping. All participants were assessed before, and 1 day after, the end of treatment for depressive and anxiety profile, general well-being and subjective sleep by filling out specific questionnaires. in addition, objective sleep patterns were evaluated by polysomnographic recording. Healthy volunteers were submitted to the therapy for three weekly sessions, whereas PTSD patients underwent five sessions, on average. Before treatment, PTSD patients exhibited high levels of anxiety and depression, poor quality of life and poor sleep, assessed both subjectively and objectively; the latter was reflected by increased time of waking after sleep onset. After completion of treatment, patients exhibited improvement in depression and anxiety symptoms, and in quality of life; with indices that were no longer different from control volunteers. Moreover, these patients showed more consolidated sleep, with reduction of time spent awake after sleep onset. in conclusion, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing was an effective treatment of PTSD patients and improved the associated sleep and psychological symptoms.en
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Psicobiol, Grp Studies Neurobiol Stress & Stress Related Dis, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationAssoc Fundo Incent Pesquisa, Inst Sono, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Psicobiol, Sleep Div, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Psicobiol, Grp Studies Neurobiol Stress & Stress Related Dis, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Psicobiol, Sleep Div, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.description.sponsorshipAssociação Fundo de Incentivo a Pesquisa
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.description.sponsorshipIDFAPESP: 98/14303-3
dc.format.extent11
dc.identifierhttps://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00209
dc.identifier.citationFrontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Lausanne: Frontiers Research Foundation, v. 8, 11 p., 2014.
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00209
dc.identifier.fileWOS000338112600001.pdf
dc.identifier.issn1662-5153
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/37867
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000338112600001
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherFrontiers Research Foundation
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectPosttraumatic stress disorderen
dc.subjectEMDRen
dc.subjectPsychotherapyen
dc.subjectDepressionen
dc.subjectAnxietyen
dc.subjectSleep fragmentationen
dc.titleImprovement of mood and sleep alterations in posttraumatic stress disorder patients by eye movement desensitization and reprocessingen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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