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disorder

a disturbance of public order or peace. Its existence may trigger extended police powers.
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The position paper reported that image rehearsal therapy is useful for the treatment of nightmare disorder and nightmares associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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On the related matter of sleep in PTSD, since 1997 my coinvestigators and I have published and presented data on the complexity of sleep disturbances in nightmare disorders, and we submit that disturbing dreams herald a deeply rooted sleep pathophysiology, often masquerading as classic psychiatric insomnia (Sleep Breath.
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These include REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (RBD), Nightmare Disorder and Isolated Sleep Paralysis.
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Emily, who starred in Wish You Were Here and A River Runs Through It, contracted a nightmare disorder called OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
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The WSPA brief states: "Many, perhaps most, of the mental disorders described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (4th Ed.) would certainly not be regarded as a `mental illness' for purposes of involuntary commitment." It also cites examples--male erectile disorder, female orgasmic disorder, caffeine-induced sleep disorder, nightmare disorder, and nicotine use disorder--before continuing:
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