Archive for the ‘Nightmares’ Category
Using Yoga to Treat Soldiers with PTSD
June 28th, 2010 | 
Author: Heather Hauswirth KUAM
Guam – In 1969 former U.S. Army sergeant Frances H. Wolford received a Purple Heart for his bravery. He was wounded in combat in Vietnam, and to this day he has flashbacks. “I was wounded in the forehead. That’s why I don’t feel like enjoying Christmas,” he described.
The holidays are especially hard for Wolford, who has yet to be treated for his condition, but about 2,500 veterans receive treatment at the Guam Vets Center annually. 65% of them have undergone treatment specifically for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Local Guam yoga therapist Debbie Purcell says she uses yoga as a form of therapy to treat patients with PTSD, and that she’s had great success with vets by getting them to focus on the breath.
KPBS San Diego: Dr. Barry Krakow Discusses Nightmares
by Angela Carone, Maureen Cavanaugh of KPBS
When Do Nightmares Become A Sleep Disorder?
One in 20 adults in the US complain of disturbing dreams, and more than twice that many children and adolescents also experience frequent nightmares, yet few chronic nightmare sufferers imagine that it is a treatable problem. We’ll talk about nightmares with leading sleep disorder specialist Dr. Barry Krakow.
Maimonides International Nightmare Treatment
Video Blog: Dr. Barry Krakow discusses how patients with nightmares typically have additional sleep disorders and rarely complain about only nightmares themselves.
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Nightmare Treatment Tipping Point
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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Tags: image rehearsal therapy, irt, nightmare, Nightmares | 
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In the Mind’s Eye of the Beholder
by Barry Krakow, MD | Clinical Psychiatry News | Download PDF
Imagery rehearsal therapy is a broad term for myriad cognitive-imagery treatments for chronic and potentially acute nightmare disorders. Several groups are researching specific brands of the therapy, and this modality is receiving substantial attention in two converging ways.
See Dr. Krakow's videos at sleeptreatment.com with the latest news and personal testimonials about his book.
