The use of scheduled awakenings to eliminate childhood sleepwalking

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 345-353

  Frank, Natalie C ^a   Spirito, Anthony ^a,b   Stark, Lori ^a   Owens Stively, Judith ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral treatment; Children; Multiple baseline; Scheduled awakenings; Sleepwalking

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONDITIONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SLEEP; SLEEP WALKING; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SOMNAMBULISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0030963197     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/22.3.345     Document Type: Article

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