Direct alteration of a traumatic nightmare.
A brief case history of a young male farm worker who suffered recurrent nightmares subsequent to being run over by a tractor is given. A method for reducing the nightmares, by encouraging the patient to alter a small, emotionally nonsignificant detail of the dream, is then described.
D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D004325:Dreams; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology*