Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma
January 5, 2021
Irum Khan, Imtiyaz Ahmad Dar, Samina Bano et al.
Child maltreatment has been identified as a significant problem, both within India and outside. According to UNICEF, over the last decade, there has been a growing recognition about this, but the problem has remained unresolved largely due to being underreported and undocumented. Previous research in this area has reported inconsistent gender differences across the world. Besides, there are...
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders extra
2021
Lynn Marie Trotti, Donald L. Bliwise, Glenda L Keating et al.
Background/aims: Hypocretin promotes wakefulness and modulates REM sleep. Alterations in the hypocretin system are increasingly implicated in dementia. We evaluated relationships among hypocretin, dementia biomarkers, and sleep symptoms in elderly participants, most of whom had dementia. Methods: One-hundred twenty-six adults (mean age 66.2 ± 8.4 years) were recruited from the Emory Cognitive...
2021
N. Pisapia
LUCID DREAMING: FROM PHENOMENOLOGY TO THE NEUROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH. In this critical review, we discuss lucid dreaming, that is, the dream periods in which one is aware of dreaming. During a lucid dream, experiences are correctly recognized by the dreamer as a dreamlike type. This occurs thanks to the activation of self-awareness, accompanied by a more accurate memory of some events or...
Neuropsychiatria i Neuropsychologia
2021
Maciej Giermakowski, Kamila Jankowiak-Siuda, Anna Duszyk-Bogorodzka
wiadome nienie (lucid dreaming -LD) to taki rodzaj snu, w ktrym nicy ma wiadomo tego, e ni (dowiadcza marzenia sennego). wiadomo uzyskan podczas LD okrela si jako dwumodaln, poniewa zawiera cechy wiadomoci pierwszorzdowej, takie jak percepcja, emocje, oraz wiadomoci drugorzdowej, takie jak samorefleksja, zdolno do mylenia abstrakcyjnego czy metapoznanie. Celem pracy jest scharakteryzowanie...
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
2021
Carolin Schmid, Kathrin Hansen, Tana Kröner-Borowik et al.
Both imagery rescripting and imaginal exposure have been proven to be effective in the treatment of chronic nightmares when compared to a waitlist condition. Little is known about their comparative efficacy and their efficacy compared to an active control. The aims of this study were to compare the two treatments to one another and to positive imagery as an active control, and to explore...
Frontiers in Neuroscience
2021
Aurélien De la Chapelle, Birgit Frauscher, Amandine Valomon et al.
The interactions between epilepsy and sleep are numerous and the impact of epilepsy on cognition is well documented. Epilepsy is therefore likely to influence dreaming as one sleep-related cognitive activity. The frequency of dream recall is indeed decreased in patients with epilepsy, especially in those with primary generalized seizures. The content of dreams is also disturbed in epilepsy...
PLoS One
2021
Elizaveta Solomonova, Claudia Picard-Deland, Iris L Rapoport et al.
An upsurge in dream and nightmare frequency has been noted since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and research shows increases in levels of stress, depression and anxiety during this time. Growing evidence suggests that dream content has a bi-directional relationship with psychopathology, and that dreams react to new, personally significant and emotional experiences. The first lockdown...
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
2021
Michael Schredl, Finnja Schramm, Katja Valli et al.
Study objectives: The diagnosis of a nightmare disorder is based on clinically significant distress caused by the nightmares, eg, sleep or mood disturbances during the day. The question what factors might be associated with nightmare distress in addition to nightmares frequency is not well studied. Methods: Overall, 1,474 persons (893 women, 581 men) completed an online survey. Nightmare...
Nature and Science of Sleep
2021
Eirin Fränkl, Serena Scarpelli, Michael R Nadorff et al.
Many have reported odd dreams during the pandemic. Given that dreams are associated with mental health, understanding these changes could provide crucial information about wellbeing during the pandemic. This study explored associations between COVID-19 and dream recall frequency (DRF), and related social, health, and mental health factors. We conducted a cross-sectional web survey of 19,355...
Behavioral Sleep Medicine
2021
Jason G Ellis, Joseph De Koninck, Célyne Bastien
27 citations
Objectives/Background: Despite Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) being considered the first-line treatment for insomnia, it is not without its challenges. As such it is worthwhile to consider, and test, alternative or adjuvant management options. Methods/Participants: The aim of the present study was to examine whether Lucid Dreaming Training for insomnia (LDT-I) impacted on...