Nightmare frequency in adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

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• 作者：Michael Schredl ; J. Malte Bumb ; Barbara Alm…
• 关键词：Nightmares ; Attention ; deficit hyperactivity disorder ; Comorbid mental disorder ; Treatment
• 刊名：European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：267
• 期：1
• 页码：89-92
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• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Psychiatry; Neurosciences; Neurology;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1433-8491
• 卷排序：267

文摘

Nightmare frequency in adult ADHD patients has not yet been studied systematically. In a sample of 65 patients, it could be shown that nightmare frequency was elevated in ADHD patients compared to a sample representative for Germany. Frequent nightmares (once a week or more often) were reported by 4.62 % of the patients and 1.77 % of the controls. This increase was neither explained by the increased dream recall in general nor by the presence of a comorbid mental disorder. Questions about nightmares should be included in the diagnostic procedures for ADHD patients, and it should be tested whether well-established nightmare treatment strategies like imagery rehearsal treatment might be beneficial to those patients with nightmares.