The assessment of the phenomenology of sleep paralysis: The unusual sleep experiences questionnaire (USEQ)

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 220-226

  Paradis, Cheryl ^a,b,e   Friedman, Steven ^b   Hinton, Devon E ^c   McNally, Richard J ^d   Solomon, Linda Z ^a   Lyons, Kelly A ^a  

^a MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Pratt Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Isolated sleep paralysis; Sleep disturbance; Sleep paralysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; FEAR; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; PARASOMNIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNUSUAL SLEEP EXPERIENCES QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP PARALYSIS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849127808     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5949.2009.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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