Imagery rehearsal therapy: Principles and practice

Sleep Medicine Clinics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 289-298

  Krakow, Barry ^a   Zadra, Antonio ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dream content; Dream frequency; Dreaming; Nightmares; Posttraumatic dreams; Trauma

Indexed keywords

DREAMING; HUMAN; IMAGERY REHEARSAL THERAPY; INJURY; NIGHTMARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

EID: 77956624264     PISSN: 1556407X     EISSN: 15564088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2010.01.004     Document Type: Review

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