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Overview

Wilfred R. Pigeon is affiliated with the University of Rochester Medical Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields with a primary focus on psychology and medicine. Within these fields, they have made contributions specifically in clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, psychiatry and mental health, social psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics including sleep and related disorders, mental health treatment and access, suicide and self-harm studies, sleep and wakefulness research, resilience and mental health, posttraumatic stress disorder research, and youth substance use and school attendance.

Wilfred R. Pigeon has authored numerous papers published in prominent venues such as SLEEP, with 17 publications, along with contributions to the Journal of Psychosomatic Research, SLEEP Advances, Sleep Medicine, and the Journal of Affective Disorders. Frequent collaborators include Todd M. Bishop, Michelle Carr, Ronald C. Kessler, Robert M. Bossarte, and Hugh F. Crean, indicating an active engagement in collaborative research efforts.

Key papers from their recent corpus illustrate the breadth of their research interests:

  • "Sleep Disturbances and Atopic Dermatitis: Relationships, Methods for Assessment, and Therapies," 2020, The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
  • "Using Administrative Data to Predict Suicide After Psychiatric Hospitalization in the Veterans Health Administration System," 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "Effects of mindfulness training on posttraumatic stress symptoms from a community-based pilot clinical trial among survivors of intimate partner violence," 2020, Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy
  • "Development of digital measures for nighttime scratch and sleep using wrist-worn wearable devices," 2021, npj Digital Medicine
  • "Sleep problems predict next-day suicidal thinking among adolescents: A multimodal real-time monitoring study following discharge from acute psychiatric care," 2021, Development and Psychopathology

Best Publications

  • Meta-analysis of sleep disturbance and suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

    Wilfred R. Pigeon;Martin Pinquart;Kenneth Conner

  • REM Sleep and the Early Development of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Thomas A. Mellman;Victoria Bustamante;Ana I. Fins;Wilfred R. Pigeon

  • Insomnia as a risk factor for onset of depression in the elderly

    Michael L Perlis;Leisha J Smith;Jeffrey M Lyness;Sara R Matteson

  • Is Insomnia a Perpetuating Factor for Late-Life Depression in the IMPACT Cohort?

    Wilfred R. Pigeon;Mark Hegel;Jürgen Unützer;Ming-Yu Fan

  • The efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia in patients with chronic pain

    Carla R. Jungquist;Chris O’Brien;Sara Matteson-Rusby;Michael T. Smith

  • Relationships between REM sleep findings and PTSD symptoms during the early aftermath of trauma.

    Thomas A. Mellman;Wilfred R. Pigeon;Peter D. Nowell;Bruce Nolan

  • Effects of a tart cherry juice beverage on the sleep of older adults with insomnia: a pilot study.

    Wilfred R. Pigeon;Michelle Carr;Colin Gorman;Michael L. Perlis

  • Insomnia as a Precipitating Factor in New Onset Mental Illness: a Systematic Review of Recent Findings.

    Wilfred R. Pigeon;Todd M. Bishop;Todd M. Bishop;Kelsey M. Krueger

  • The evidence base of sleep restriction therapy for treating insomnia disorder.

    Christopher B. Miller;Christopher B. Miller;Colin A. Espie;Dana R. Epstein;Dana R. Epstein;Leah Friedman;Leah Friedman

  • Meditation and yoga for posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analytic review of randomized controlled trials.

    Autumn M. Gallegos;Hugh F. Crean;Wilfred R. Pigeon;Kathi L. Heffner

  • Distinguishing between excessive daytime sleepiness and fatigue: Toward improved detection and treatment

    Wilfred R Pigeon;Michael J Sateia;Robert J Ferguson

  • Dissemination of CBTI to the non-sleep specialist: protocol development and training issues.

    Rachel Manber;Colleen Carney;Jack Edinger;Dana Epstein

  • Heart rate variability during sleep and the early development of posttraumatic stress disorder

    Thomas A Mellman;Bethany R Knorr;Wilfred R Pigeon;J.C Leiter

  • Longitudinal relationships of insomnia, nightmares, and PTSD severity in recent combat veterans.

    Wilfred R. Pigeon;Clare E. Campbell;Kyle Possemato;Kyle Possemato;Paige Ouimette

  • Chapter 60 – Etiology and Pathophysiology of Insomnia

    Michael L. Perlis;Michael T. Smith;Wilfred R. Pigeon

  • Comparative Effectiveness of CBT Interventions for Co-Morbid Chronic Pain & Insomnia: A Pilot Study

    Wilfred R. Pigeon;Jan Moynihan;Sara Matteson-Rusby;Carla R. Jungquist;Carla R. Jungquist

  • Sleep disturbance preceding suicide among veterans.

    Wilfred R. Pigeon;Peter C. Britton;Peter C. Britton;Mark A. Ilgen;Ben Chapman

  • Sleep homeostasis in primary insomnia.

    Wilfred R. Pigeon;Michael L. Perlis

  • Chronic low back pain, sleep disturbance, and interleukin-6.

    Kathi L. Heffner;Zina Trost;H. Mei Ng

  • A Randomized Clinical Trial of Primary Care Brief Mindfulness Training for Veterans with PTSD.

    Kyle Possemato;Kyle Possemato;Dessa K Bergen-Cico;Dessa K Bergen-Cico;Scott Treatman;Christy Allen;Christy Allen;Christy Allen

  • Treatment of residual insomnia after CBT for PTSD: Case studies

    Jason C. DeViva;Claudia Zayfert;Wilfred R. Pigeon;Thomas A. Mellman

  • Diagnosis, prevalence, pathways, consequences & treatment of insomnia.

    Wilfred R Pigeon

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth R. Conner
Kenneth R. Conner University of Rochester Medical Center
Stephen A. Maisto
Stephen A. Maisto Syracuse University
Leah Friedman
Leah Friedman Stanford University
Karen S. Quigley
Karen S. Quigley Northeastern University
Nicholas P. Allan
Nicholas P. Allan The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Dongmei Li
Dongmei Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Benjamin P. Chapman
Benjamin P. Chapman University of Rochester Medical Center
Matthew K. Nock
Matthew K. Nock Harvard University
Jameson K. Hirsch
Jameson K. Hirsch East Tennessee State University
Deborah A. King
Deborah A. King University of Rochester Medical Center

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