It's Not a Nightmare: Understanding Sleep Terrors
Abstract
Sleep terrors, one of the non–rapid eye movement parasomnias, are interesting nighttime phenomena that can be distressing for parents. For most children, this behavior is temporary and does not cause significant problems. However, some psychiatric conditions may have a higher prevalence of parasomnias, including sleep terrors. Although sleep terrors may be a benign and common event in children, a basic mental health examination should include a sleep-related screening to possibly identify underlying issues. Nurses must be knowledgeable about sleep terrors and able to provide education and support when parents share their concerns. [ Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 56 (8), 11–14.]
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Sleep terrors tend to occur within the first three hours of the major sleep episode, during arousal from stage three or four NREM sleep.
“Sleep terrors tend to occur within the first three hours of the major sleep episode, during arousal from stage three or four NREM sleep [52, 60].”
From Sleep Terrors: An Updated Review (2020) · cites this paper as [52]
Usually, only one episode of sleep terror occurs during a major sleep episode.
“Usually, only one episode of sleep terror will occur during a major sleep episode [2, 32, 52].”
From Sleep Terrors: An Updated Review (2020) · cites this paper as [52]
Sleep terrors rarely occur during naptime.
“Sleep terrors rarely occur during naptime [32, 52].”
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- Authors
- Ellington, E.
- Corresponding author
- Ellington, Erin
- Venue
- Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
- Publisher
- SLACK, Inc.
- Published
- 2018-08
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 11-14
- ISSN
- 0279-3695 (ISSN-L)
- 1938-2413
- OpenAlex
- W2885702113
- Cited by
- 6
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 1.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- sleep terrors, parasomnias, NREM sleep, children, psychiatric comorbidity, parent education, child mental health, nursing education
- MeSH terms
- Arousal, Child, Dreams, Humans, Psychiatric Nursing, Prevalence, Night Terrors
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