Daniel J. Taylor

2 papers in the library · 16 citations · publishing 2020-2025

Papers

An Expert Consensus Statement for Implementing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Nightmares in Adults

Behavioral Sleep Medicine January 15, 2025 Kristi E. Pruiksma, Katherine E Miller, Joanne L. Davis et al. 16 citations

An expert consensus panel reviewed treatment manuals for cognitive behavioral therapies for nightmares (CBT-N) tested in randomized clinical trials with adults. The panel developed guidelines for standardized implementation and terminology of CBT-N, addressing patient symptom presentations appropriate for treatment and components such as session length, relaxation training, stimulus control, sleep efficiency training, sleep hygiene, nightmare exposure, nightmare rescripting, and imagery rehearsal of rescripted dreams. The recommendations aim to clarify confusion caused by unstandardized nomenclature and implementation nuances, and are intended to be revised as new research evidence emerges.

DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2024.2437634 Statement logic Cognition Cognitive behavioral therapy Medline +4

The Nightmare Disorder Index: Development and Initial Validation in a Sample of Nurses.

Sleep November 27, 2020 Jessica R. Dietch, Daniel J. Taylor, K. Pruiksma et al.

About 7.4% of nurses met full criteria for probable nightmare disorder, and 43.9% had partial or subthreshold symptoms, based on a new self-report measure called the Nightmare Disorder Index (NDI). The NDI showed good reliability and validity. Nurses with nightmare disorder had significantly worse psychosocial functioning—including higher posttraumatic stress, depression, anxiety, and stress—than those with subthreshold symptoms, who in turn had poorer functioning than nurses with no nightmares. The findings suggest that nightmares are common among nurses and are linked to poorer mental health, supporting increased screening in high-risk healthcare workers.

DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa254 Full text Medicine Psychology