Hypnotherapy for sleep disorders

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 683-688

  Ng, Beng Yeong ^a   Lee, Tih Shih ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Insomnia; Nightmares; Nocturnal enuresis; Parasomnias

Indexed keywords

BODY ROCKING; CATAPLEXY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; HEAD ROCKING; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTHERAPY; INSOMNIA; LEISURE; NIGHTMARE; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; PARASOMNIA; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WALKING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUGGESTION; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51949086895     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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