29.4 sleep and emotion processing in pediatric ptsd

Sleep disturbance and emotion processing abnormalities are core features of pediatric PTSD (pPTSD), and a wealth of evidence indicates that sleep is crucial for optimal daytime emotional function. Furthermore, sleep not only plays a crucial role in consolidating the content of emotional experience but also in reducing its affective potency. Despite these relationships, the contributions of sleep to emotion processing in pPTSD have received little attention.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research