ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Imagery Rehearsal Therapy for Chronic Nightmares in Sexual Assault Survivors With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder A Randomized Controlled Trial
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N IELSEN AND ZADRA 1 REcently estimated that “4 to 8% of the general population have a ‘current problem’ with nightmares.” Frequent nightmares are also reported in depression, schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, and in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) where a prevalence of 60% has been documented. Paradoxically, The InternationalClassificationofSleepDisorders lists a prevalence of “perhaps 1%,” whereas the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) mentions that at least
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