Sexual assault survivors are at risk for a number of mental and physical health problems, including posttraumatic stress disorder and anxiety. Unfortunately, few seek physical or mental health services after a sexual assault (Price, Davidson, Ruggiero, Acierno, & Resnick, 2014). Mitigating the impact of sexual assault via early interventions is a growing and important area of research. This study adds to this literature by replicating and expanding previous studies (e.g., Resnick, Acierno, Amstadter, Self-Brown, & Kilpatrick, 2007) examining the efficacy of a brief video-based intervention that provides psychoeducation and modeling of coping strategies to survivors at the time of a sexual assault nurse examination. Female sexual assault survivors receiving forensic examinations were randomized to standard care or to the video intervention condition (N = 164). The participants completed mental health assessments 2 weeks (n = 69) and 2 months (n = 74) after the examination. Analyses of covariance revealed that women in the video condition had significantly fewer anxiety symptoms at the follow-up assessments. In addition, of those participants in the video condition, survivors reporting no previous sexual assault history reported significantly fewer posttraumatic stress symptoms 2 weeks after the examination than those with a prior assault history. Forensic nurses have the unique opportunity to intervene immediately after a sexual assault. This brief video intervention is a cost-effective tool to aid with that process.

Findings indicate that ERRT with and without nightmare exposure and rescripting can significantly alleviate nightmares and related distress. The addition of nightmare exposure and rescription did not contribute incrementally to outcomes in this sample. It is possible that the dose of exposure was not sufficient to result in group differences or that the treatment components included in both conditions (i.e., psychoeducation about trauma, nightmares, and sleep; sleep habit modification; and relaxation training) may adequately treat factors that maintain nightmares for some individuals. Theoretical implications of findings are discussed. The reduction of symptoms of other conditions following this brief intervention provides further evidence for the primary role of nightmares and sleep disturbances posttrauma. (PsycINFO Database Record

Although all items are recommended for clinical purposes, the data support the use of the 13-item FoSI-SF for research purposes. Replication of the factor structure in clinical samples is needed. Results are discussed in terms of limitations of this study and directions for further research.

Nightmares and sleep disturbances are gaining attention as targets of treatment interventions for trauma-exposed populations. Measures in trials evaluating these interventions tend to utilize proprietary measures of nightmare characteristics, which makes it challenging to compare findings across studies. The Trauma-Related Nightmare Survey is a questionnaire that was initially developed for utilization in efficacy studies of Exposure, Relaxation, and Rescripting Therapy. Preliminary examinations of the psychometric properties have demonstrated good test-retest reliability and convergent validity. The present brief report provides an updated examination of these properties and offers the first open publication of the measure for general use. Results support previous findings that the Trauma-Related Nightmare Survey demonstrates good test-retest reliability (r = .73) and moderate to strong convergent validity (rs = .44-.78) with other commonly utilized measures of sleep and mood symptoms.

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Child sexual abuse and intimate partner violence may have a significant impact on parenting. The current study expands on existing research by examining the effects of child sexual abuse and intimate partner violence on parenting styles and parenting self-efficacy. In women from a parenting intervention program (n = 20), child sexual abuse was related to lower parenting self-efficacy and more permissive parenting. In women at a domestic violence shelter (n = 45), child sexual abuse was related to current sexual coercion of the partner, and authoritative parenting was related to higher parenting self-efficacy. These results indicate that having a history of child sexual abuse should be taken into consideration when dealing with mothers in violent relationships.

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an article suggesting treatment recommendations for adult nightmare disorder. Although we appreciate the work by the authors, we were left with three basic concerns about the methodology utilized and results found. First, works providing evidence for some of the treatments were not reported in the original article. Second, search methodology in the original article was not used consistently at updated time points. Third, the original article only utilized results obtained from PubMed and did not consider other databases. The current study sought to replicate the methodology and compare fi ndings as well as expand by equalizing search methodology across updated time points. The present study expands the original efforts further by conducting article searches again on PsycINFO. Consequent changes to evidence levels and recommendations are discussed. Keywords: Nightmare disorder, nightmares, prazosin, Levomepromazine, Nabilone, cognitive behavioral therapy, imagery rehearsal therapy, exposure relaxation, rescripting therapy, psychotherapy Citation: Cranston CC; Davis JL; Rhudy JL; Favorite TK. Replication and expansion of "best practice guide for the treatment of nightmare disorder in adults". J Clin Sleep Med 2011;7 (5) 1 As researchers in this area, we read the guidelines with interest. Although we appreciate the work by the authors, we were left with three basic concerns about the methodology utilized and results found. First, we noted that a 2007 randomized clinical trial of one of the nightmare treatments was not included in the list of peer-reviewed scientifi c papers and thus not considered in determining recommendations for nightmare disorder treatment options. We were immediately aware of this omission as it was co-authored by one of the current authors [JLD] and wondered if other works were likewise missed. Second, it was unclear why the most recent search, conducted in February of 2010, did not include the original search terms (Table 1), but only "anxiety dreams." As the treatment of nightmares is a rapidly growing area of scientifi c interest, we wondered if treatment studies were missed by not including all relevant search terms in the most recent search. Third, we were surprised to read that the authors opted to not include in their search of the literature an exploration of databases other than PubMed, including PsycLit (the American Psychological Association integrated PsycLIT into PsycINFO in 2000 2 ), because "it was felt that these databases would not include clinically relevant material."1 Contrary to this opinion, in addition to PubMed (PM), PsycINFO (PI) is the most commonly used database for identifying medical and psychological literature, 3 such as systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and other clinically relevant research. Although there is some overlap between the two databases, PI provides further, unique results over and above PM, and indexes 73% of the top-tier psychiatric journals, compared to 47% in PM. 4 We determined to replicate and expand on the work of Aurora and colleagues in o...