- 38 Prevalence of Mental Health Problems among Military Populations
- 39 Challenges and Threats of Combat Deployment
- 40 Postdeployment Adjustment
- 41 Combat and Operational Stress Control
- 42 Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- 43 Anxiety Disorders and Depression in Military Personnel
- 44 Serious Mental Illness in the Military Setting
- 45 Substance Use in the US Active Duty Military
- 46 Substance Use Disorders among Military Personnel
- 47 Traumatic Brain Injury
- 48 Aggression and Violence
- 49 Sleep Loss and Performance
- 50 Sleep Disorders
- 51 Grief, Loss, and War
- 52 Early Interventions with Military Personnel
- 53 The Psychosocial Aspects and Nature of Killing
- 54 Military Sexual Trauma
- 55 Prescription Opioid Abuse in the Military
- 56 Psychosocial Rehabilitation of Physically and Psychologically Wounded
- 57 Working with Military Children
- 58 Impact of Psychiatric Disorders and Psychotropic Medications on Retention and Deployment
- 59 Technology Applications in Delivering Mental Health Services
- 60 What We Have Learned from Former Prisoners of War
- 61 Clinical Research in the Military
- 62 Measuring Resilience and Growth
- 63 Transitioning through the Deployment Cycle
- 64 Aging Veterans
- 65 Spiritual Resiliency in the Military Setting
- 66 Posttraumatic Growth
- 67 Ways to Bolster Resilience across the Deployment Cycle
Sleep Loss and Performance
- Chapter:
- Sleep Loss and Performance
- Author(s):
William D. S. Killgore
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med:psych/9780199928262.003.0049
Military operations routinely limit sleep. Insufficient sleep reduces alertness, vigilance, emotional functioning, memory, and higher-level executive functions. Military psychologists need to be aware of these issues in order to advise commanders on the effect that sleep loss can have on soldier readiness and advocate for sleep resupply in mission planning.
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- 38 Prevalence of Mental Health Problems among Military Populations
- 39 Challenges and Threats of Combat Deployment
- 40 Postdeployment Adjustment
- 41 Combat and Operational Stress Control
- 42 Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- 43 Anxiety Disorders and Depression in Military Personnel
- 44 Serious Mental Illness in the Military Setting
- 45 Substance Use in the US Active Duty Military
- 46 Substance Use Disorders among Military Personnel
- 47 Traumatic Brain Injury
- 48 Aggression and Violence
- 49 Sleep Loss and Performance
- 50 Sleep Disorders
- 51 Grief, Loss, and War
- 52 Early Interventions with Military Personnel
- 53 The Psychosocial Aspects and Nature of Killing
- 54 Military Sexual Trauma
- 55 Prescription Opioid Abuse in the Military
- 56 Psychosocial Rehabilitation of Physically and Psychologically Wounded
- 57 Working with Military Children
- 58 Impact of Psychiatric Disorders and Psychotropic Medications on Retention and Deployment
- 59 Technology Applications in Delivering Mental Health Services
- 60 What We Have Learned from Former Prisoners of War
- 61 Clinical Research in the Military
- 62 Measuring Resilience and Growth
- 63 Transitioning through the Deployment Cycle
- 64 Aging Veterans
- 65 Spiritual Resiliency in the Military Setting
- 66 Posttraumatic Growth
- 67 Ways to Bolster Resilience across the Deployment Cycle