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Pesadillas - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Sueños desagradables; Malos sueños

Definición:

Es un sueño que ocurre durante el acto de dormir y que produce fuertes sentimientos de miedo, terror, angustia o ansiedad. Las pesadillas generalmente se presentan en la segunda parte de la noche y despiertan al durmiente, quien es capaz de recordar el contenido del sueño.

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Consideraciones generales:

Las pesadillas tienden a ser más comunes entre los niños y se vuelven menos frecuentes hacia la edad adulta. Alrededor del 50% de los adultos experimentan pesadillas ocasionales, las mujeres con más frecuencia que los hombres.

Causas comunes:

La ansiedad y el estrés son las causas más comunes de pesadillas. En la mayoría de los casos, hay un gran evento en la vida antes de la pesadilla.

Otras causas de pesadillas abarcan:

  • Reviewed last on: 2/22/2010
  • David B. Merrill, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Moore DP, Jefferson JW. Nightmare disorder. In: Moore DP, Jefferson JW, eds. Handbook of Medical Psychiatry. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2004:chap 123.

Moser SE, Bober JF. Behavioral problems in children and adolescents. In: Rakel RE, ed. Textbook of Family Medicine. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 33.

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