Lucid dreaming as a treatment for recurrent nightmares

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 50-55

  Zadra, Antonio L ^a   Pihl, Robert O ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dream; Imagery; Lucid dreaming; Nightmare; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DREAMING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NIGHTMARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031024359     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000289106     Document Type: Article

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