TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - Sleep disturbances in torture survivors
JO  - Acta neurologica Scandinavica
A1  - Astrøm, C
A1  - Lunde, I.
A1  - Ortmann, J.
A1  - Boysen, G.
A1  - Trojaborg, W.
SP  - 150
EP  - 154
VL  - 79
IS  - 2
N2  - One of the main complaints in torture survivors is sleep disturbance with nightmares, too little sleep and daytime fatigue. Seven subjects, who had been exposed to torture from 6 months to seven years previously, were examined by polysomnography. All had abnormal sleep patterns compared with normal age- and sex-matched controls. The subjects woke frequently from REM sleep, had reduced REM sleep duration, absent Stage 4 sleep, short total sleep time and low sleep efficiency. This study revealed that previously healthy young persons subjected to extreme stress may develop an abnormal sleep pattern.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0001-6314
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -