Commentary: How to Make the Ghosts in my Bedroom Disappear? Focused-Attention Meditation Combined with Muscle Relaxation (MR Therapy)—A Direct Treatment Intervention for Sleep Paralysis
Brian A Sharpless, K. Doghramji
Frontiers in Psychology April 3, 2017 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00506 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Commentary Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key points | The commentators argue that a proposed intervention combining focused-attention meditation with muscle relaxation for recurrent sleep paralysis is plausible and worth further study, but that the existing evidence rests on a single case report and cannot establish efficacy. They contend that controlled research is needed, given the difficulty of distinguishing treatment effects from the natural waxing and waning of sleep paralysis episodes. |
Abstract
Citation: Sharpless BA and Doghramji K (2017) Commentary: How to Make the Ghosts in my Bedroom Disappear? Focused-Attention Meditation Combined with Muscle Relaxation (MR Therapy)—A Direct Treatment Intervention for Sleep Paralysis. Front. Psychol. 8:506. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00506 Commentary: How to Make the Ghosts in my Bedroom Disappear? Focused-Attention Meditation Combined with Muscle Relaxation (MR Therapy)—A Direct Treatment Intervention for Sleep Paralysis
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