Characterizing Nonlinear Heterogeneous Sleep Trajectories across the Menstrual Cycle in a Transdiagnostic Psychiatric Population.

A. Nagpal Anna Patterson Ashley Ross L. Knol Sajal Shukla A. Miller Fiona C. Baker K. Schmalenberger T. Eisenlohr-Moul

Aug 2026 · Sleep · 0 citations

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Sleep trajectories across the menstrual cycle are heterogeneous and meaningfully coupled with psychiatric symptom patterns, which support cycle-aware sleep monitoring and suggest that cyclical sleep disruption may help identify windows of heightened psychiatric risk, motivating replication and personalized intervention approaches.

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