Pediatrics
How to calm your child after a nightmare
Most parents have experienced it: Your young child wakes up distraught, sure that the nightmare they've just suffered through is real.
Feb 27, 2024
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Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction: Nightmare Disorder
Medical news and research articles
Psychology & Psychiatry
The emotional function of dreams is not the same everywhere
By comparing the dreams of Western and non-Western populations, a study by the UNIGE and the University of Toronto shows that dreams can have a variable emotional function.
Oct 16, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Good sleep is key to pre-teen mental health, confirms study
For many kids, the period between childhood and early adolescence can be difficult.
Apr 18, 2023
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Children's bad dreams linked to a higher risk of dementia and Parkinson's disease in adulthood, finds new study
Can children's dreams foretell events that will happen nearly 40 years into the future? Yes, according to the results of my latest study published in the journal eClinicalMedicine.
Feb 27, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study shows correlation between poor sleep and suicide risk in college-aged adults
A study led by researchers in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Arizona College of Medicine—Tucson identified a link between sleep problems and suicidal thoughts and behaviors that may help reduce suicide ...
Jan 26, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Scientists attempt to ease nightmares by manipulating emotions in dreams
Nightmares, those fearful memories that re-emerge in dreams, can sometimes become regular occurrences, visiting people multiple times a week for months on end. In therapy, dreamers may be coached to rehearse positive versions ...
Oct 27, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Nightmares in middle age linked to dementia risk
People who experience frequent bad dreams in middle age are more likely to be diagnosed with dementia later in life, according to research at the University of Birmingham.
Sep 21, 2022
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