Nightmares in the Context of PTSD Treated with Psychoeducation Regarding Lucid Dreaming
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry May 20, 2010 DOI: 10.1080/00048671003614213 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Case study Case report Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 1 |
| Population | 39-year-old male with a history of suicide attempts and psychiatric admissions |
| Topics | Dreaming Lucid dreaming PTSD |
| Citations | 11 |
| Key findings | The abstract is incomplete; it only reports the patient's presentation and history, with no findings or conclusions stated. |
Abstract
A 39-year-old male presented on 14 December to the emergency department with a history of five suicide attempts in the previous week. He had three previous admissions to psychiatric wards with vary...
Comparable studies
Other case reports and case series on lucid dreaming, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucid Dreaming as a Learnable Skill: A Case Study The author | 1980 | Case study | n = 1 |
| Lucid Dreaming as a Treatment for Recurrent Nightmares People with recurrent nightmares | 2010 | Case study | n = 5 |
| Lucid dreaming: Correspondence between dreamed and actual events in one subject during rem sleep A lucid dreamer | 1984 | Case study | n = 1 |
| Lucid dreaming treatment for nightmares: A series of cases. Participants with nightmares | 2003 | Case series | n = 8 |
| Epigenetic Repair of Terrifying Lucid Dreams by Enhanced Brain Reward Functional Connectivity and Induction of Dopaminergic Homeostatic Signaling. Patients with known histories of substance abuse, childhood abuse, and PTSD | 2021 | Case series | n = 8 |
Citations in the library
Cited by 8
- My Dream, My Rules: Can Lucid Dreaming Treat Nightmares? Frontiers in Psychology 2019
- Insight and Dissociation in Lucid Dreaming and Psychosis Frontiers in Psychology November 12, 2018
- Managing Insomnia Using Lucid Dreaming Training: A Pilot Study. Behavioral Sleep Medicine 2021
- The effectiveness of lucid dreaming therapy in patients with nightmares: A systematic review. L'Encephale October 1, 2023
- High-Level Control in Lucid Dreams Imagination, Cognition and Personality March 8, 2020
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