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nightmares1 CONSTRUCTNightmaresLEVIN · CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

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Clinical psychology

frightening dreams that awaken the sleeper, explained as a failure of the normal dream function of extinguishing fear memories, with distress about them adding to their impact.

In clinical psychology, nightmares refers to frightening dreams that awaken the sleeper, explained as a failure of the normal dream function of extinguishing fear memories, with distress about them adding to their impact. This meaning comes from Levin (2007) in Psychological Bulletin.[1]

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  1. Levin, R., & Nielsen, T. A. (2007). Disturbed dreaming, posttraumatic stress disorder, and affect distress: A review and neurocognitive model. Psychological Bulletin, 133(3), 482-528. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.133.3.482

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