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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News tagged with nightmare disorder
Health
Nightmares linked with anxiety and insomnia in heart patients
Heart patients with weekly nightmares are five times more likely to feel depressed or anxious and even more likely to have difficulty sleeping compared to those without frequent nightmares. That's the finding of a study published ...
Dec 17, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research delves into causes of nightmares that shadow female survivors of sexual trauma
It's been estimated that up to 88% of survivors of rape or molestation suffer from persistent nightmares that can occur multiple times per week, seemingly at random.
Jun 15, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How virtual reality might help fight recurring nightmares
You might say that Patrick McNamara is in a frightening line of work. As a sleep researcher, he's hunting for new ways to treat people with nightmare disorder (also known as dream anxiety disorder). Being chased by a malevolent ...
Feb 1, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
PTSD drug may do more harm than good
(HealthDay)—A drug used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may actually be harmful, a new study suggests.
Dec 27, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New position paper recommends treatment options for nightmare disorder in adults
A variety of treatment options may be effective for nightmare disorder in adults, according to a position paper from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).
Jun 14, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Nightmares are common but underreported in US military personnel
A new study shows that a high percentage of military personnel with sleep disturbances met criteria for nightmare disorder, but few of them reported nightmares as a reason for sleep evaluation. Those with nightmare disorder ...
Mar 14, 2018
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Pediatrics
Bully victims more likely to suffer night terrors and nightmares by age 12
Children who are bullied at ages 8-10 are more likely to suffer from sleep walking, night terrors or nightmares by the time they are 12 years old.
Sep 11, 2014
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Sleep disorders
Sleep apnea treatment eases nightmares in vets with PTSD: study
(HealthDay)—For military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and sleep apnea, treatment with continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, reduces their nightmares, a new study finds.
Jul 17, 2013
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Sleep disorders
CPAP therapy reduces nightmares in veterans with PTSD and sleep apnea
A new study suggests that CPAP therapy reduces nightmares in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Jul 8, 2013
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