Nightmare complaints in treatment-seeking patients in clinical sleep medicine settings: Diagnostic and treatment implications

Sleep

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1313-1319

  Krakow, Barry ^a,b,c,d  

^a Sleep and Human Health Institute   (United States)

^b Maimonides Sleep Arts and Sciences Ltd   (United States)

^c Los Alamos Oversight Bureau   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Imagery rehearsal therapy; Impairment; Insomnia; Nightmares; Sleep fragmentation; Sleep quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DISTURBING DREAM AND NIGHTMARE SEVERITY INDEX; DREAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHTMARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASOMNIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 33750003357     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/29.10.1313     Document Type: Review

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