Research Article, J Trauma Stress Disor Treat Vol: 3 Issue: 3
Features of Posttraumatic Dreams Related to PTSD Severity
Andrea J Phelps1*, Mark Creamer1, Malcolm Hopwood2 and David Forbes1 |
1Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Australia |
2Albert Road Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Australia |
Corresponding author : Andrea Phelps ACPMH, University of Melbourne, Level 3/161 Barry St, Carlton, VIC, 3053, Australia Tel: 613-9035-5599 E-mail: ajphelps@unimelb.edu.au |
Received: February 19, 2014 Accepted: March 31, 2014 Published: May 16, 2014 |
Citation: Phelps AJ, Creamer M, Hopwood M, Forbes D (2014) Features of Posttraumatic Dreams Related to PTSD Severity. J Trauma Stress Disor Treat 3:3. doi:10.4172/2324-8947.1000127 |
Abstract
Features of Posttraumatic Dreams Related to PTSD Severity
As a first step towards understanding the difference between PTSD dreams (a distressing symptom of psychological disorder) and non-PTSD dreams (possibly serving an adaptive emotional processing function) following trauma, this research investigated which features of PTSD dreams are associated with PTSD severity.