Doxazosin for the treatment of nightmare disorder: A diary-based case study [PDF]
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2020 The α 1 -adrenergic antagonist prazosin has showed good effect against posttraumatic stress disorder–related nightmares in several randomized controlled trials.
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The heartbeat evoked potential is a questionable biomarker in nightmare disorder: A replication study [PDF]
NeuroImage: Clinical, 2022 Frequent nightmares are highly prevalent and constitute a risk factor for a wide range of psychopathological conditions. Despite its prevalence and clinical relevance however, the pathophysiological mechanisms of nightmares are poorly understood.
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Nightmare experience and family relationships in healthy volunteers and nightmare disorder patients [PDF]
BMC Psychiatry, 2019 Background Nightmares are associated with parental bonding styles and various psychiatric disorders, but the exact connections between different nightmare experience features and family relationships in healthy volunteers and nightmare disorder patients ...
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Brief Psychoeducational and Cognitive Therapy for Nightmare Disorder (BPCT-ND) [PDF]
Sleep ScienceIn adults, nightmare disorder is related to sleep deprivation, drug consumption or abuse, or other comorbid sleep disorders such as insomnia or insufficient sleep syndrome.
Horacio Balam Álvarez-García +1 more
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Increased heartbeat-evoked potential during REM sleep in nightmare disorder [PDF]
NeuroImage: Clinical, 2019 Nightmares are characterized by the experience of strong negative emotions occurring mainly during REM sleep. Some people suffer from nightmare disorder, which is defined by the repeated occurrence of nightmares and by significant distress in wakefulness.
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Prevalence and Detailed Experience of Nightmare and Nightmare Disorder in Chinese University Students [PDF]
SAGE Open, 2021 Nightmares influence the mental health of university students, but the prevalence of nightmare and nightmare disorder requires additional documentation.
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Spanish Translation and Psychometric Evidence of the Nightmare Disorder Index (NDI) in Adults from the General Population [PDF]
European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and EducationBackground: Nightmares are a type of sleep disorder characterised by vivid and distressing dreams that cause abrupt awakenings, leading to significant discomfort. In adults, recurrent nightmares can negatively impact quality of life, daytime functioning,
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Nightmare disorder shows reduced slow oscillation-dominant spindle coupling in NREM sleep [PDF]
npj Biological Timing and SleepNightmare disorder is historically conceptualised as a rapid eye movement (REM) sleep parasomnia, but evidence also points to altered non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep physiology.
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Real-world reduction in nightmare frequency and distress among San Francisco first responders treated with a prescription wearable device: a 60-day open-label pilot [PDF]
Frontiers in SleepObjectiveNightmares are a common, distressing condition among individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and are associated with impaired sleep quality and elevated suicide risk.
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Nightmare disorder and REM sleep behavior disorder in inflammatory arthritis: Possibility beyond neurodegeneration [PDF]
Brain and Behavior, 2019 Objectives To investigate the prevalence of REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) in patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) to ascertain if RBD could be an internal red flag signaling a fluctuating state of inflammation based on the theory of ...
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