Association between sleep, childhood trauma and psychosis-like experiences

Psychosis-like experiences (PLEs), or attenuated positive symptoms of psychosis, present along a severity continuum and have been associated with distressing thoughts and impairments in functioning. Although knowledge of the clinical importance of PLEs is expanding, risk factors for their expression are still poorly understood. Sleep disturbances are one known factor that exacerbate PLEs expression and distress, and trauma exposure is associated with occurrence of PLEs, as well as increased risk of later sleep difficulties.

Source: Schizophrenia Research - March 8, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Nicole D. Andorko, Zachary B. Millman, Elizabeth Klingaman, Deborah Medoff, Emily Kline, Jordan DeVylder, Gloria Reeves, Jason Schiffman Source Type: research