Psychotherapy with night-terror patients.
This is the first report of the effectiveness of psychotherapy in treating adult night-terror patients. Night terrors were eliminated or drastically reduced in two patients who completed psychotherapy. A third patient discontinued therapy and showed no improvement. Thus, the primary role of psychopathology in the production of night terrors in adulthood was illustrated.
D000328:Adult; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D003193:Compulsive Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D010324:Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*