The Contribution of the Psychology of Sleep and Dreaming to Understanding Sleep-Disordered Patients

Sleep Medicine Clinics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-166

  Cartwright, Rosalind ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLONAZEPAM;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DREAMING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; NARCOLEPSY; NIGHTMARE; NONREM SLEEP; PARASOMNIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAXATION TRAINING; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WALKING; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

EID: 64749092831     PISSN: 1556407X     EISSN: 15564088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2008.01.002     Document Type: Review

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