Preliminary evidence linking complex-PTSD to insomnia in a sample of Yazidi genocide survivors

Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier B.V..

Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) is a psychiatric diagnosis that includes three additional symptom clusters beyond those necessary for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis. CPTSD is typically associated with a prolonged trauma exposure in which a person's destiny is under the control of other people and escape is not an option. Insomnia prevalence in women suffering from CPTSD was compared to the prevalence of insomnia in those with no-PTSD and those with only PTSD. Yazidi women (N = 108, age = 24.41 ± 5.71) former captives of the Islamic State terrorist group were queried about captivity variables, psychological distress, resilience, PTSD, CPTSD, and insomnia. CPTSD prevalence was high (>50%) and was highly correlated with insomnia (95% of those with CPTSD had insomnia). A dichotomous insomnia variable was regressed on age and marital-status (Step 1), captivity-duration and number of fellow captives (Step 2), resilience and psychological distress (Step 3), and group (no-PTSD/PTSD/CPTSD) (Step 4). Insomnia was 18 times more likely in the CPTSD group than in the no-PTSD group. There were no differences in insomnia prevalence between the no-PTSD and PTSD groups. Insomnia levels among Yazidi women released from captivity support an understanding of CPTSD as a separate entity than PTSD. Potential factors linking CPTSD to insomnia, beyond those associated with PTSD are discussed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:271

Enthalten in:

Psychiatry research - 271(2019) vom: 01. Jan., Seite 161-166

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Grossman, Ephraim S [VerfasserIn]
Hoffman, Yaakov S G [VerfasserIn]
Shrira, Amit [VerfasserIn]
Kedar, Mordechai [VerfasserIn]
Ben-Ezra, Menachem [VerfasserIn]
Dinnayi, Mirza [VerfasserIn]
Zivotofsky, Ari Z [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Captivity
Complex-PTSD
Insomnia
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Yazidi-females

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 24.04.2019

Date Revised 04.12.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.psychres.2018.11.044

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM291128521