The Role of Reproductive Health in Nightmares and PTSD in Active Duty Military Personnel

Abstract

Women often experience changes to their sleep due to hormonal fluctuations such as their menstrual cycle and menopause. Women higher in progesterone and men low in testosterone are more vulnerable to the effects of sleep deprivation on emotional processing tasks. Sex differences and sex hormones have been shown to impact fear conditioning as well as extinction. Women have a higher lifetime prevalence of PTSD and greater risk of developing PTSD following trauma exposure even when controlling for trauma type.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 30, 2020
Accession Number
AD1116319

Entities

People

  • Alan L. Peterson
  • Casey L. Straud
  • Daniel J Taylor
  • F. A. Carrizales
  • Jim Mintz
  • Kelsi Gerwell
  • Kristi E Pruiksma
  • Matthew S. Brock
  • Robert Vanecek
  • Shana Hansen
  • Shannon N. Foster
  • Stacey Young-McCaughan
  • Vincent Mysliwiec

Organizations

  • South Texas Veterans Health Care System
  • University of Arizona
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • Wilford Hall Medical Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Biomedical Research
  • Cognition
  • Contraception
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hormones
  • Medical Personnel
  • Menstrual Cycle
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Personnel
  • Sex Hormones
  • Sleep Deprivation
  • Testosterone
  • Therapy
  • Veterans Health
  • Women'S Health

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.
  • Women's Health and Cancer Risk Research: African American Women and Pregnancy Outcomes.