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Research paper thumbnail of Prevalence and Predictors of Sleep and Trauma Symptoms in Wildfire Survivors

Research paper thumbnail of Cognitive behavioral therapy-based treatments for insomnia and nightmares in adults with trauma symptoms: a systematic review

Research paper thumbnail of © 2012 Isaac et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. Patient Preference and Adherence 2012:6 349–354 Patient Preferenc

Evaluating the psychometric properties of the attitudes towards depression and its treatments sca... more Evaluating the psychometric properties of the attitudes towards depression and its treatments scale in an Australian sample

Research paper thumbnail of The relationship between insomnia

and depressive symptoms: genuine or artifact?

Research paper thumbnail of A Systemic Review of the Impact of Wildfires on Sleep Disturbances

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Wildfires present a serious risk to humans as well as to the environment. Wildfires cause loss of... more Wildfires present a serious risk to humans as well as to the environment. Wildfires cause loss of lives, economic losses, expose people to personal as well as collective trauma, and compromise the mental health of survivors. Sleep disturbances are highly prevalent following a traumatic event; however, their prevalence is not well established amongst those confronted by natural disasters such as wildfires. The aim of this systematic review is to synthesise the empirical findings pertaining to wildfires and the prevalence of sleep disturbances in the general community affected by this natural disaster. We searched EBSCO, PsychINFO, Medline, SpringerLink, CINAHL Complete, EMBASE, PubMed, Scopus and Cochrane Library between January 2012 and March 2021. Five studies met the inclusion criteria. Findings from this systematic review suggest that sleep disturbances, assessed one to ten months following the fires, are highly prevalent in wildfire survivors, with insomnia (ranging between 63–7...

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluating the psychometric properties of the attitudes towards depression and its treatments scale in an Australian sample

Patient Preference and Adherence, May 1, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of The relationship between insomnia and depressive symptoms: genuine or artifact?

Background: Somatic symptom overlap between depression and insomnia has emerged as a major concer... more Background: Somatic symptom overlap between depression and insomnia has emerged as a major concern. Self-report measures such as the Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition (BDI-II) include somatic symptoms related to depression that are also present in the research diagnostic criteria for insomnia. This study aimed firstly to examine the relationship between the cognitive and somatic factors of the BDI-II and global scores on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) in individuals presenting for insomnia treatment and secondly to examine whether treating insomnia in depressed individuals with insomnia will lead to a reduction in their depressive symptoms and whether this reduction is related to a decrease in the somatic or cognitive factors of depressive symptoms. Methods: A total of 379 individuals (133 males and 246 females), with a mean (M) age of 49.95 (standard deviation [SD] = 14.15) years, were used to address the first aim. To address the second aim, a total of 64 participants (27 males and 37 females) with both insomnia and depressive symptoms were treated for their insomnia. Their ages ranged between 22 and 87 (M = 50.97, SD = 15.13) years. Results: A significant relationship was found between both the cognitive and somatic factors of the BDI-II and global scores on the PSQI. Furthermore, although results in this study are only suggestive, they lend support to the idea that the relationship between insomnia and depression is not due to somatic symptom overlap. Results may also support the hypothesis that insomnia is primary to the presentation of depressive symptoms. Conclusion: Clinicians and health care providers could initially treat insomnia in individuals suffering from insomnia who also experience depressive symptoms, as this will not only remit insomnia but also abate the accompanying depressive symptoms.

Research paper thumbnail of Prevalence and Predictors of Sleep and Trauma Symptoms in Wildfire Survivors

Research paper thumbnail of Cognitive behavioral therapy-based treatments for insomnia and nightmares in adults with trauma symptoms: a systematic review

Research paper thumbnail of © 2012 Isaac et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. Patient Preference and Adherence 2012:6 349–354 Patient Preferenc

Evaluating the psychometric properties of the attitudes towards depression and its treatments sca... more Evaluating the psychometric properties of the attitudes towards depression and its treatments scale in an Australian sample

Research paper thumbnail of The relationship between insomnia

and depressive symptoms: genuine or artifact?

Research paper thumbnail of A Systemic Review of the Impact of Wildfires on Sleep Disturbances

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Wildfires present a serious risk to humans as well as to the environment. Wildfires cause loss of... more Wildfires present a serious risk to humans as well as to the environment. Wildfires cause loss of lives, economic losses, expose people to personal as well as collective trauma, and compromise the mental health of survivors. Sleep disturbances are highly prevalent following a traumatic event; however, their prevalence is not well established amongst those confronted by natural disasters such as wildfires. The aim of this systematic review is to synthesise the empirical findings pertaining to wildfires and the prevalence of sleep disturbances in the general community affected by this natural disaster. We searched EBSCO, PsychINFO, Medline, SpringerLink, CINAHL Complete, EMBASE, PubMed, Scopus and Cochrane Library between January 2012 and March 2021. Five studies met the inclusion criteria. Findings from this systematic review suggest that sleep disturbances, assessed one to ten months following the fires, are highly prevalent in wildfire survivors, with insomnia (ranging between 63–7...

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluating the psychometric properties of the attitudes towards depression and its treatments scale in an Australian sample

Patient Preference and Adherence, May 1, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of The relationship between insomnia and depressive symptoms: genuine or artifact?

Background: Somatic symptom overlap between depression and insomnia has emerged as a major concer... more Background: Somatic symptom overlap between depression and insomnia has emerged as a major concern. Self-report measures such as the Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition (BDI-II) include somatic symptoms related to depression that are also present in the research diagnostic criteria for insomnia. This study aimed firstly to examine the relationship between the cognitive and somatic factors of the BDI-II and global scores on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) in individuals presenting for insomnia treatment and secondly to examine whether treating insomnia in depressed individuals with insomnia will lead to a reduction in their depressive symptoms and whether this reduction is related to a decrease in the somatic or cognitive factors of depressive symptoms. Methods: A total of 379 individuals (133 males and 246 females), with a mean (M) age of 49.95 (standard deviation [SD] = 14.15) years, were used to address the first aim. To address the second aim, a total of 64 participants (27 males and 37 females) with both insomnia and depressive symptoms were treated for their insomnia. Their ages ranged between 22 and 87 (M = 50.97, SD = 15.13) years. Results: A significant relationship was found between both the cognitive and somatic factors of the BDI-II and global scores on the PSQI. Furthermore, although results in this study are only suggestive, they lend support to the idea that the relationship between insomnia and depression is not due to somatic symptom overlap. Results may also support the hypothesis that insomnia is primary to the presentation of depressive symptoms. Conclusion: Clinicians and health care providers could initially treat insomnia in individuals suffering from insomnia who also experience depressive symptoms, as this will not only remit insomnia but also abate the accompanying depressive symptoms.

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