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Nightmare Help Nightmares after Tragedy
IASD extends its concern and care to all people who have been affected by the
current wars and natural disasters, and would like to provide information on nightmares
that you and your families and friends may experience. These nightmares are
common after a tragedy of this magnitude and yet can be very helpful in the
process of healing. Please read our section on nightmares for more
information.
Articles and Forums
and Resources
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Nightmares and what you can
do about them
 Nightmares
are very common following a traumatic event. Whether they
picture the traumatic event directly, or involve other images and
themes, or both, they probably reflect a normal healing process, and
will diminish in frequency and intensity
if recovery is progressing. If after several weeks no change is
noted, consultation with a therapist is advisable.
ASD is offering a selection of articles that are helpful both for adults
having nightmares and for parents with children having nightmares.
Please read the general
Nightmare
FAQ first.
Social Services and Mental
Health Response Links
 Responses
and Action Possibilities to Terrorist Attacks on US Landmarks:
Psychologist for Social Responsibility
General
Resources for the Tragedy, news, help, other (Google)
ABC
News Health special on Nightmares:
Nightmares
No More: Training the Mind to 'Re-Write' Bad Dream Scripts
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Recommended
Reading on Nightmares
Nightmare
FAQ - Read me first
Guidelines
for coping with Nightmares after Trauma. Patricia Garfield, Ph.D.
Article:
Nightmare
Remedies: Helping Your Children Tame The Demons of the
Night. Alan Siegel, Ph.D. and Kelly Bulkeley, Ph. D.
Article:
Nightmares
and What to Do About Them. Patricia Garfield, Ph.D.
Article:
Kids and Dreams: How
to Explore them with your Children. (NBC) Alan Siegel, Ph.D.
Article:
Nightmares?
Bad Dreams? Lucky You! D.R.E.A.M.S. Foundation
Article:
Nightmare Remedies: Rescripting Bad Dreams. Alan Siegel, Ph.D.
Advanced
& Extended Studies on Nightmares
A
Mini-Course for Clinicians and Trauma Workers on Posttraumatic Nightmares.
Alan Siegel, Ph.D.
Article:
The Relationship of Dream Content and Changes in Daytime Mood in
Traumatized Vs. Non-Traumatized Children Raija-Leena Punamäki
Article:
Freud and Jung on
Nightmares. Tore Nielsen, Ph.D.Article:
Overcoming Nightmares.
Stephen LaBerge and Howard. Rheingold
Article:
Dreams of Terror, Dreams of
Healing. Robert Moss
Article:
Dream
Work & Collective Trauma - Unconscious Elements In Public Debate.
Jeremy Taylor
Article:
Working with Your
Nightmares. Strephon Kaplan-Williams
Drugs
That Induce Nightmares with James Pagel (Audio Tape for Sale) This
study integrates textbook pharmacological data with a meta-analysis of
recent clinical trials and case reports of drugs reported to induce
nightmares. In most cases, the medications reported to induce nightmares
can be characterized into the following groups: (1) drugs affecting
domamine, serotonin, norepinephrine or acetylcholine neurotransmitters,
(2) drugs affecting immunologic/infectious response, or (3) drugs
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