Posttraumatic stress disorder in the spouse of a patient with sleep terrors

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-75

  Baran, Alp Sinan ^a   Richert, Allen C ^a   Goldberg, Rochelle ^b,c   Fry, June M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Lankenau and Paoli Hospitals   (United States)

^d Center for Sleep Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Parasomnias; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Sleep disorders; Sleep terrors; Sleepwalking; Trauma

Indexed keywords

TEMAZEPAM;

ADULT; ARM INJURY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LACERATION; MALE; NIGHTMARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP THERAPY; SPOUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037215771     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1389-9457(02)00241-1     Document Type: Article

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