War disturbs sleep patterns

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Soldiers deployed to a combat zone may have a harder time sleeping, according to

a large cohort study...

" These findings suggest that the relationships between deployment and sleep

duration and trouble sleeping are mediated by the effects of combat exposures

and mental health symptoms, " Seelig and her colleagues wrote, and " merit further

research to increase understanding of temporal relationships between sleep and

mental health outcomes occurring during and after deployment. " ...

http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/MilitaryMedicine/23669