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Nightmares : the science and solution of those frightening visions during sleep / Patrick McNamara.
Van Pelt Library BF1099.N53 M46 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McNamara, Patrick, 1956-
- Series:
- Brain, behavior, and evolution (Westport, Conn.)
- Brain, behavior, and evolution
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nightmares.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 174 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
- Contents:
- Approach to the study of nightmares
- Why do nightmares occur in children?
- Content of nightmares
- Nightmares in premodern societies
- Biology of nightmares
- Personality and psychopathological correlates of nightmares
- Phenomenology of the nightmare
- Theoretical accounts of the nightmare
- Nightmares and popular culture
- Interpretation of the possession theme in nightmares
- Conflict theory and the nightmare.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-169) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780313345128
- 0313345120
- OCLC:
- 213375778
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