The need to integrate spirituality into sleep medicine as a dimension of whole-person, person-centered care
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine August 4, 2026 Rupsha Singh, Christina M. Puchalski, Alexander Moreira-Almeida et al.
Sleep-an essential pillar of health-has historically been considered not only a biological phenomenon but also based on experiences interpreted through spiritual, moral, existential, and cultural frameworks worldwide [1-5].Across societies, dreams, nightmares, sleep paralysis, and nocturnal visions have frequently been attributed to soul journeys, spirits, precognitions, moral conflict,...