Background: Psychedelics, including classic psychedelics, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), and ketamine, are increasingly investigated for psychiatric disorders, but their effects on sleep remain unclear. Objectives: To systematically evaluate the effects of these interventions on subjective and objective sleep outcomes and summarize sleep-related adverse events. Design: A systematic...
Objectives: This study conducted a systematic evaluation of polysomnographic differences between individuals with nightmares and healthy controls. Methods: Electronic searches of All EBM databases, EMBASE, Web of Science, and MEDLINE identified 14 eligible case-control studies; seven studies involving 112 individuals with nightmares and 112 controls were included in meta-analysis. Results: The...
Trauma-related nightmares (TRN) are a reexperiencing of previous traumas that happened in real life or a dream sequence initially triggered by trauma that leads to recurrent emotional dreaming about the trauma. TRN, one of the most common symptoms in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), are disturbing mental experiences that generally occur during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and often...