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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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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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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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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Nightmare Disorder and Isolated Sleep Paralysis. [PDF]
Neurotherapeutics, 2021 Nightmare disorder and recurrent isolated sleep paralysis are rapid eye movement (REM) parasomnias that cause significant distress to those who suffer from them. Nightmare disorder can cause insomnia due to fear of falling asleep through dread of nightmare occurrence.
Stefani A, Högl B.
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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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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.
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DARC-NESS: a mastery-based cognitive-behavioral model for treating chronic nightmares in youth [PDF]
Frontiers in SleepTheories of chronic nightmare maintenance highlight dysfunctional beliefs about sleep and nightmares, distress and arousal, anticipatory anxiety, maladaptive sleep habits, and sleep deprivation as perpetuating factors that maintain nightmare disorder ...
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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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Characteristics of Children and Adolescents with Insomnia and Comorbid Nightmares—A Secondary Analysis of Clinical Samples with an Age Range from 0 to 18 Years [PDF]
ChildrenBackground: Insomnia disorder in childhood and adolescence has severe implications on overall well-being and development. Age-specific treatments for insomnia disorder with cognitive behavioral interventions (CBT-I) are available and effective. Nightmare
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