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Innovative Treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Psychiatric Diseases".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 4332

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. B. Christopher Frueh

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1. Department of Psychology, University of Hawai'i, 2530 Dole Street, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
2. Houston Methodist Academic Institute, 6670 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Interests: PTSD; depression; operator syndrome; military; special operations; performance

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425; CODEN: BSRCCS) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal on neuroscience that is published monthly online. For this Special Issue, entitled “Innovative Treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder”, we are looking for studies on novel approaches to prevent, minimize, or treat PTSD. We are interested in studies that use emerging technologies, new theories rooted in empirical neuroscience research, and/or treatment approaches that target relevant biological systems (brain, central or peripheral nervous systems, endocrine, cardiac, pulmonary, musculoskeletal).

We welcome original research studies (open trials, randomized controlled trials), meta-analyses, reviews, and commentaries. Of special interest are studies related to novel uses of brain neuromodulation and stimulation, neurosurgical procedures, psychedelic compounds, novel medicines, anti-inflammatory strategies, virtual reality, wearable technologies, genetics, gut microbiota, artificial intelligence, longitudinal tracking and monitoring, and combination treatments. We will also consider studies related to psychotherapeutic interventions and public health policies.

Prof. Dr. B. Christopher Frueh
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Brain Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  •  PTSD
  •  Brain
  •  Memory
  •  Neuroinflammation
  •  Genetics
  •  Psychedelics
  •  Learning

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Sleep and PTSD in the Military Forces: A Reciprocal Relationship and a Psychiatric Approach
by Emeric Saguin, Danielle Gomez-Merino, Fabien Sauvet, Damien Leger and Mounir Chennaoui
Brain Sci. 2021, 11(10), 1310; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11101310 - 1 Oct 2021
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Abstract
Sleep disturbances are well-recognised symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This review updates knowledge regarding the relationship between sleep during deployment, combat-related trauma, and PTSD in military personnel, from which the importance of restorative sleep results. The description of the characteristics of sleep [...] Read more.
Sleep disturbances are well-recognised symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This review updates knowledge regarding the relationship between sleep during deployment, combat-related trauma, and PTSD in military personnel, from which the importance of restorative sleep results. The description of the characteristics of sleep in military forces with the considerable roles of the operational and training contexts highlights the important consequences of degraded sleep. Indeed, a lot of data suggest a dynamic link between sleep and the onset and chronicity of PTSD. We propose a reciprocal relationship model with strategies strongly recommended or already adopted by the military to promote restorative sleep before and after combat exposure. Among the alterations in a variety of sleep architecture and sleep patterns described in PTSD, the physiological hypothesis of REM sleep fragmentation in the development of PTSD symptoms may be important because REM sleep is generally associated with emotional memory. Finally, we address clinical and research perspectives that could be used to detect or restore sleep continuity before and during military deployment to possibly alleviate nightmares and insomnia related to combat exposure and PTSD occurrence and improve our understanding of sleep in PTSD. Full article
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