Fragmented Sleep, Fragmented Mind: The Role of Sleep in Dissociative Symptoms.

The Sense of Loss: Postmodern Fragmented Identity in Three Plays of Sam Shepard

Sam Shepard is one of the foremost living American Playwrights. He has always been concerned with the problem of identity, specifically the fragmented identity of man living in the postmodern era. Such characterization is evident in his plays: True West, Fool for Love, and A Lie of the Mind. Thus, the present article is to demonstrate the fragmented identity of Lee and Austin, Eddie and May, an...

Editorial: Fragmentation in Sleep and Mind: Linking Dissociative Symptoms, Sleep, and Memory

Impact of a mind-body technique program and exercise on sleep disturbance and anxiety in patients with carcinoma

Introduction: Sleep disorder and anxiety are among the most important problems of people with carcinoma. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of mind-body technique and exercise on sleep disorders and anxiety in patients with carcinoma. Methods: 30 volunteer patients with cancer (24 women, 6 men) were randomly divided into two control (15 people) and experimental (15 people) gr...

The Role of Obsessive Beliefs including Responsibility, Perfectionism, and Importance of Thoughts in Sleep Quality

Research on sleep in people with obsessive-compulsive symptoms is scarce and scattered, but there is growing research literature showing that obsessive-compulsive symptoms are often associated with sleep disorders. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of obsessive-compulsive beliefs including responsibility, perfectionism, and importance of thoughts on sleep quality. For this pur...

Sleep loss increases dissociation and affects memory for emotional stimuli.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Because of their dreamlike character, authors have speculated about the role that the sleep-wake cycle plays in dissociative symptoms. We investigated whether sleep loss fuels dissociative symptoms and undermines cognitive efficiency, particularly memory functioning. METHODS Fifty-six healthy undergraduate students were randomly assigned to an experimental group (n =...