creators_name: Lopez, Hassen H.
creators_name: Bracha, Adam S.
creators_name: Bracha, Stefan
type: journalp
datestamp: 2006-08-01
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:33
metadata_visibility: show
title: Evidence Based Complementary
Intervention for Insomnia
ispublished: pub
subjects: bio-behav
subjects: psy-phys
full_text_status: public
keywords: PTSD, sleep, complementary medicine, insomnia
abstract: Increasing scientific evidence point to a non-pharmacological 
complementary treatment for insomnia: white noise. Its presentation 
has been shown to induce sleep in human neonates and adults, 
probably by reducing the signal-to-noise ratio of ambient sound. 
White noise may be a simple, safe, cost-effective alternative to 
hypnotic medication in many psychiatric disorders, especially acute 
stress disorder and PTSD. 
date: 2002-09
date_type: published
publication: Hawaii Medical Journal
volume: 61
pagerange: 162-163
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Lopez, Dr. Hassen H. and Bracha, Adam S. and Bracha, Dr. Stefan  (2002) Evidence Based Complementary Intervention for Insomnia.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/5032/1/2002_H.M.J_White-noise_for_PTSD.pdf