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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Nightmares for Patients with Persecutory Delusions (Nites): An Assessor-Blind, Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
(2019-05)
Objective:Nightmares are relatively common in patients experiencing psychosis but rarely assessed or treated. Nightmares may maintain persecutory delusions by portraying fears in sensory-rich detail. We tested the potential ...
The weeks before 100 persecutory delusions: the presence of many potential contributory causal factors
(2019-09)
Background:The period before the formation of a persecutory delusion may provide causal insights. Patient accounts are invaluable in informing this understanding.
Aims:To inform the understanding of delusion formation, ...
Sleep disturbance and psychiatric disorders
(2020-07)
Signs of mental ill health that cut across psychiatric diagnostic categories at high rates are typically viewed as non-specific occurrences, downgraded in importance and disregarded. However, problems not associated with ...
The effects of improving sleep on mental health (OASIS): a randomised controlled trial with mediation analysis
(2017-09-06)
Summary: Background Sleep difficulties might be a contributory causal factor in the occurrence of mental health problems. If
this is true, improving sleep should benefit psychological health. We aimed to determine whether ...
Sleep Disorders in Early Psychosis: Incidence, Severity, and Association With Clinical Symptoms
(2018-09-08)
Sleep disturbance is known to be associated with psychosis, but sleep disorders (eg. insomnia, nightmare disorder, sleep apnea) have rarely been investigated. We aimed to provide the first detailed assessment of sleep ...
Adapted CBT to Stabilize Sleep on Psychiatric Wards: a Transdiagnostic Treatment Approach
(2018-04-04)
Background: Almost all patients admitted at acute crisis to a psychiatric ward experience clinically significant symptoms of insomnia. Ward environments pose challenges to both sleep and the delivery of therapy. Despite ...
The Experience of Sleep Problems and Their Treatment in Young People at Ultra-High Risk of Psychosis: A Thematic Analysis
(2018-08)
We view sleep disruption as a contributory causal factor in the development of psychotic experiences. Clinical trials indicate that psychological interventions targeting insomnia result in improvements in both sleep and ...
Excessive sleepiness in patients with psychosis: An initial investigation
(2021-01)
Clinical experience indicates that excessive sleepiness and hypersomnia may be a common issue for patients with psychosis. Excessive sleepiness is typically ascribed to the sedating effects of antipsychotic medications but ...
Treating sleep problems in young people at ultra-high-risk of psychosis: study protocol for a single-blind parallel group randomised controlled feasibility trial (SleepWell).
(2020-11)
Background
Effective interventions, targeting key contributory causal factors, are needed to prevent the emergence of severe mental health problems in young people. Insomnia is a common clinical issue that is problematic ...
Insomnia as a mediating therapeutic target for depressive symptoms: A sub-analysis of participant data from two large randomized controlled trials of a digital sleep intervention
(2020-06)
Insomnia predicts the onset of depression, commonly co-presents with depression
and often persists following depression remission. However, these conditions can
be challenging to treat concurrently using depression-specific ...