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Nightmares

Known as: Nightmare, terrifying dreams 
A disturbing dream that occurs during rapid eye movement sleep and results in feelings of strong terror, fear, distress, or anxiety.
National Institutes of Health

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Parasomnia

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2016
2016
Brazil's health system woes worsen in economic crisis
2011
2011
Dream recall and its relationship to sleep, perceived stress, and creativity among adolescents.
2006
2006
Nightmares and oxygen desaturations: is sleep apnea related to heightened nightmare frequency?
In the 19th century, several authors held the view that nightmares are caused by oxygen shortage. The present study was designed… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Movement during sleep: associations with posttraumatic stress disorder, nightmares, and comorbid panic disorder.
STUDY OBJECTIVES To corroborate findings from the National Comorbidy study with objective sleep data. DESIGN Retrospective data… 
1997
1997
Alexithymia and impoverished dream recall in asthmatic patients: evidence from self-report measures.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Early psychological aspects of severe hand injury.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Sequelae to torture. A controlled study of torture victims living in exile.
1985
1985
Psychical and physical symptoms after torture. A prospective controlled study.
1975
1975
Paroxysmal “nightmares”
A 65-year-old man had nightmares a few weeks after a right temporal lobe infarction. Electroencephalography showed no epileptic… 
Review
1961
Review
1961
Psychomotor seizures in childhood
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