Instruction Color: Research (Pilot) Data

First night of sleep overconsolidation of trauma memory

Sleep disruption – measured with wearable / apps – during first week

Amygdala reactivity (Stevens et al., 2017).

Genetics of Resilience (Stein, 2019)

Brain structure correlates with increased risk (Harnett et al., 2020).

Sleep deprivation – some benefit (Porcheret, 2015). Not benefitial in reduction of traumatic intrusions (Sopp, 2020). Data is contradictory (Porcheret, 2019). week: sleeping “too little” or “too much” was associated with more intrusive memories (Porcheret, 2020).

Other molecular/genetic markers can be used at any time to aid in prognosis and prediction of risk

EMDR (Jarero et al, 2015). There is no consensus whether or not EMDR alter the trajectory. We do not recommend to do this, because it could be just the waste of resourses.

Sleep deprivation – some benefit (Porcheret, 2015). Not benefitial in reduction of traumatic intrusions (Sopp, 2020). Data is contradictory (Porcheret, 2019). week: sleeping “too little” or “too much” was associated with more intrusive memories (Porcheret, 2020).

Some evidence that low cortisol, elevated catecholamines predict PTSD vulnerability