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A New Home for Nightmare Treatment

Military personnel returning from wars in Afghanistan and Iraq show increasing rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and post-traumatic nightmares. Media coverage of these two vexing mental health conditions is also intensifying and raising public awareness about the need for more effective therapeutic options. With growing attention focused on patients with nightmares, sleep centers have an opportunity to engage these patients. Successfully doing so hinges on applying a standard of care for nightmare assessment and treatment through behavioral sleep medicine specialists.

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More than 150 years ago, Elias Howe invented a refined lock stitch sewing machine that would revolutionize manufacturing, but he hit a snag.

“He was stuck on the needle,” says Deirdre Barrett, psychology professor at Harvard Medical School. He couldn’t get it through fabric and bring thread back again.

Then he had a frightening dream of island savages threatening to spear him if he didn’t finish the design. He awoke excited, because their spear tips had holes — like needles with eyes in the point — and the solution to his problem. Read the rest of this entry »

Video Blog: We’re seeing a lot more activity at NightmareTreatment.com – We seeing more activity with the nightmare quiz and book sales: Turning Nightmares into Dreams. Dr. Barry Krakow discusses the “tipping point” of nightmare treatment and IRT, Image Rehearsal Therapy.
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My research team will be in Baltimore for the annual APSS, presenting 5 works from the past year, including:

1. Oral presentation by me on the topic of “Sleep Disordered Breathing in Patients Dependent on Prescription Sleep Medications.”
2. Oral presentation by Eddie Romero on the topic of “Nocturia as a Screening Tool for Sleep-Disordered Breathing.”
3. Poster by Linda Trujillo on the topic of “Self-Guided Imagery for Insomnia Patients undergoing Polysomnography Testing.”
4. Poster by Natalia McIver on the topic of “Self-Guided Imagery for SDB Patients undergoing a Polysomnography Titration.”
5. Poster by Eddie Romero on the topic of “Nocturia as a Screening Tool in Insomnia Patients with Potential Risk for Sleep-Disordered Breathing.”