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War, Sleep and PTSD War, and War-Related Trauma: An Overview

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Sleep and Combat-Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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Throughout history, times of massive destruction create an atmosphere of chaos that compels individuals to face the terror of unanticipated injury, loss, and death. During natural or man-made disasters, war, and acts of terror, psychological injury may occur on its own or in conjunction with physical injury. This psychological trauma may occur following exposure to the injury and death of others, the disruption of the physical environment, or as a consequence of the terror and helplessness that these events combine to evoke.

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    Patcho N. Santiago

  2. Center for Global Health Engagement, Uniformed Services University School of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Geoffrey J. Oravec

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University School of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Robert J. Ursano

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Santiago, P.N., Oravec, G.J., Ursano, R.J. (2018). War, Sleep and PTSD War, and War-Related Trauma: An Overview. In: Vermetten, E., Germain, A., Neylan, T. (eds) Sleep and Combat-Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7148-0_1

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