Pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for nightmare disorder
@article{Nadorff2014PharmacologicalAN, title={Pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for nightmare disorder}, author={Michael R Nadorff and Karen K. Lambdin and Anne Germain}, journal={International Review of Psychiatry}, year={2014}, volume={26}, pages={225 - 236} }
Abstract Interest in the treatment of nightmares has greatly increased over the last several years as research has demonstrated the clinical significance of nightmare disorder. This paper provides an overview of nightmare disorder, its clinical relevance, and the leading treatments that are available. In particular, the paper defines nightmare disorder and then summarize the recent literature examining the clinical relevance of nightmare disorder, including its relation to post-traumatic stress…
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