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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, ...
Why sleep matters for young people who may get depressed
(2020-04)
Depression and anxiety are negative emotional states familiar to us all through personal experience. Less familiar are severe states of depression, in particular, which can actually shorten the lives of sufferers by over ...
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 Temporal Dynamics of Sleep Disturbance and Psychopathology in Psychosis: A Digital Sampling Study
(2020-12)
Background: Sleep disruption is a common precursor to deterioration and relapse in people living with
psychotic disorders. Understanding the temporal relationship between sleep and psychopathology is important for identifying ...
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 ...
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 ...
Investigation of the impact of total sleep deprivation at home on the number of intrusive memories to an analogue trauma
(2019-02)
Sleep enhances the consolidation of memory; however, this property of sleep may be detrimental in situations where memories of an event can lead to psychopathology, such as following a traumatic event. Intrusive memories ...
Connections Between Insomnia and Cognitive Aging.
(2019-06)
Insomnia is a common sleep disorder among older adults, and a risk factor for poor physical and mental health. However, the relationship between insomnia and cognitive health is not well understood. Here, we review ...