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Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Sleep and Neuropsychiatric Disorders
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Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Sleep and Neuropsychiatric Disorders

A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 4696

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Jean-Arthur Micoulaud Franchi

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1. University Sleep Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
2. SANPSY CNRS UMR 6033, Bordeaux Neurocampus, Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France
Interests: sleep medicine; neuropsychiatric disorders; EEG; neurophysiology
Dr. Pierre Alexis Geoffroy

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Department of Psychiatry and Addictive Medicine, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), University Hospital Bichat, 46 rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris, France
Interests: sleep; circadian rhythms; chronobiology; psychiatry; bipolar disorder; seasonal affective disorder; depression; suicide; addiction
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a new collection titled “Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Sleep and Neuropsychiatric Disorders”. This Special Issue will be a collection of papers by researchers invited by the Editorial Board Members. The aim is to provide a venue for networking and communication between JCM and scholars in the field of sleep medicine and neuropsychiatric disorders. All papers will be fully open access upon publication after peer review.

Dr. Jean-Arthur Micoulaud Franchi
Dr. Pierre Alexis Geoffroy
Guest Editors

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Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Clinical Medicine is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • sleep medicine
  • circadian rhythms
  • chronobiology
  • psychiatry
  • bipolar disorder
  • seasonal affective disorder
  • depression
  • neuropsychiatric disorders

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Gender Difference in REM Sleep Behavior Disorder in Japanese Population: Polysomnography and Sleep Questionnaire Study
by Mamiko Mano, Atsuhiko Nomura and Ryujiro Sasanabe
J. Clin. Med. 2024, 13(3), 914; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13030914 - 05 Feb 2024
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Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is generally common among males and is an established risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases. As the population ages, the prevalence of α-synucleinopathy (such as Parkinson’s disease) is increasing. Additionally, the number of female patients is [...] Read more.
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is generally common among males and is an established risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases. As the population ages, the prevalence of α-synucleinopathy (such as Parkinson’s disease) is increasing. Additionally, the number of female patients is increasing in Japan. Therefore, we aimed to clarify the clinical characteristics of RBD from the perspective of gender differences in the Japanese population. The proportion of male RBD patients (65.2%) was significantly higher than that of female patients (34.8%). Additionally, female patients (70.5 ± 8.2 years) were significantly older than male patients (67.9 ± 8.0 years, p < 0.05). The mean score on the RBD Screening Questionnaire was significantly higher in male patients than in female (8.6 ± 2.9 vs. 7.7 ± 3.1, p < 0.05), while the mean score on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was significantly higher in males (5.9 ± 3.8 vs. 7.2 ± 3.600, p < 0.001). The Self-rating Depression Scale in females was 41.7 ± 8.5, and they were more likely to show depressive tendencies than males. In polysomnography, higher rates of obstructive sleep apnea and longer duration of stage N1 sleep were detected in males. After adjusting for age, BMI, and polysomnographic parameters, we found that female RBD patients had significantly worse sleep quality and rates of depression compared to male patients. Full article
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Nightmares and Sleep Disturbances in Children with PTSD: A Polysomnographic and Actigraphy Approach Evaluation
by Julie Rolling, Juliette Rabot, Eve Reynaud, Oriane Kolb, Patrice Bourgin and Carmen M. Schroder
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(20), 6570; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12206570 - 17 Oct 2023
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Rationale: Sleep disturbances (insomnia and nightmare symptoms) are the most sensitive and persistent symptoms of pediatric post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Untreated, these sleep disturbances (SD) associated with PTSD are predictive of PTSD persistence and increased psychiatric complications. The aim of this study was [...] Read more.
Rationale: Sleep disturbances (insomnia and nightmare symptoms) are the most sensitive and persistent symptoms of pediatric post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Untreated, these sleep disturbances (SD) associated with PTSD are predictive of PTSD persistence and increased psychiatric complications. The aim of this study was to evaluate sleep and circadian rhythms in children with PTSD under both laboratory and ecological conditions in comparison with a control population and to test for the first time the hypothesis that SD and circadian rhythms are positively correlated with PTSD severity and its comorbidities. Method: This prospective pilot study evaluated PTSD, SD (insomnia, nightmares), and sleep-wake rhythms in 11 children with PTSD (aged 3–18), compared with the age and sex-matched control groups. Assessment of PTSD and subjective and objective measures of sleep and sleep-wake rhythms (questionnaires, 24-h in-laboratory video-polysomnography, 15-day at-home actigraphy recording) were performed between 1 and 6 months after the traumatic event. Results: Children with PTSD had higher sleep fragmentation (increased wake-after-sleep onset, increased number of sleep stage changes) compared to controls, with a change in sleep microarchitecture (micro-arousal index at 14.8 versus 8.2, p = 0.039). Sleep fragmentation parameters correlated with PTSD symptomatology, insomnia, and post-traumatic nightmare severity. The within-group comparison revealed a better sleep architecture in the controlled (sleep laboratory) than in the ecological condition (at home) (total sleep time 586 versus 464 min, p = 0.018). Conclusions: Sleep and rhythm disturbances are strongly associated with PTSD in children. The assessment of SD in children with PTSD should be carried out systematically and preferentially under ecological conditions, and management of SD should integrate the environment (environmental design, psycho-education for the children and their parents) more fully into therapy focused on sleep and trauma. Full article
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Emotional Exhaustion, a Proxy for Burnout, Is Associated with Sleep Health in French Healthcare Workers without Anxiety or Depressive Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Study
by Julien Coelho, Jacques Taillard, Adèle Bernard, Régis Lopez, Guillaume Fond, Laurent Boyer, Guillaume Lucas, François Alla, Daniel J. Buysse, Meredith L. Wallace, Catherine Verdun-Esquer, Pierre-Alexis Geoffroy, Emmanuel d’Incau, Pierre Philip and Jean-Arthur Micoulaud-Franchi
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(5), 1895; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12051895 - 27 Feb 2023
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Burnout is frequent among healthcare workers, and sleep problems are suspected risk factors. The sleep health framework provides a new approach to the promotion of sleep as a health benefit. The aim of this study was to assess good sleep health in a [...] Read more.
Burnout is frequent among healthcare workers, and sleep problems are suspected risk factors. The sleep health framework provides a new approach to the promotion of sleep as a health benefit. The aim of this study was to assess good sleep health in a large sample of healthcare workers and to investigate its relationship with the absence of burnout among healthcare workers while considering anxiety and depressive symptoms. A cross-sectional Internet-based survey of French healthcare workers was conducted in summer 2020, at the end of the first COVID-19 lockdown in France (March to May 2020). Sleep health was assessed using the RU-SATED v2.0 scale (RegUlarity, Satisfaction, Alertness, Timing, Efficiency, Duration). Emotional exhaustion was used as a proxy for overall burnout. Of 1069 participating French healthcare workers, 474 (44.3%) reported good sleep health (RU-SATED > 8) and 143 (13.4%) reported emotional exhaustion. Males and nurses had a lower likelihood of emotional exhaustion than females and physicians, respectively. Good sleep health was associated with a 2.5-fold lower likelihood of emotional exhaustion and associations persisted among healthcare workers without significant anxiety and depressive symptoms. Longitudinal studies are needed to explore the preventive role of sleep health promotion in terms of the reduction in burnout risk. Full article
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