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Clive Ballard

2 papers in the library · 18 citations · publishing 1994-2026

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Nightmare disorder shows reduced slow oscillation-dominant spindle coupling in NREM sleep

npj Biological Timing and Sleep June 22, 2026 I. Papp, Zoran Cvetković, Nazanin Biabani et al.

Abstract Nightmare disorder is historically conceptualised as a rapid eye movement (REM) sleep parasomnia, but evidence also points to altered non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep physiology. Here, in a retrospective case-control study, we analysed overnight polysomnography from 26 adults with nightmare disorder and 32 controls using a harmonised event-based EEG pipeline. Nightmare disorder...

Psychiatric sequelae of MDMA (ecstasy) and related drugs

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine September 1, 1994 Géraldine Cassidy, Clive Ballard 18 citations

Abstract Two cases of psychiatric disorder temporally related to the abuse of hallucinogenic amphetamines 3, 4 methylenedi-oxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) and methylenedioxyethylamphetamine (MDEA) are described, suggesting that a variety of psychiatric morbidity may be precipitated by abuse of these drugs, including paranoid psychosis, mixed affective psychosis and...