Sleep disturbance mediates the link between childhood trauma and clinical outcome in severe mental disorders.

Jannicke Fjæra LaskemoenMonica AasAnja VaskinnAkiah Ottesen BergSynve Hoffart LundingElizabeth Ann BarrettIngrid MelleCarmen Simonsen

Published in: Psychological medicine (2020)

We found frequent co-occurrence of childhood trauma history and current insomnia in severe mental disorders. Insomnia partly mediated the relationship between childhood trauma and the severity of clinical symptoms and functional impairment.

Keyphrases

sleep quality
early life
trauma patients
childhood cancer
early onset
young adults