Nightmares and insomnia are frequent in patients with functional neurological disorders

FND patients showed high prevalences of insomnia and nightmares, which is of clinical relevance. Associations with (daytime) mental health and dissociative symptoms underline the interplay between waking-life psychopathology, sleep and dreams, i.e. the continuity hypothesis of sleep and wakefulness.

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Journal of Psychosomatic Research
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2025-07-26
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2025.112336
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Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
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Abstract

FND patients showed high prevalences of insomnia and nightmares, which is of clinical relevance. Associations with (daytime) mental health and dissociative symptoms underline the interplay between waking-life psychopathology, sleep and dreams, i.e. the continuity hypothesis of sleep and wakefulness.

Journal of Psychosomatic ResearchVol. 196
University of Freiburg (DE), Heidelberg University (DE), University Medical Center Freiburg (DE), University Hospital Heidelberg (DE), Central Institute of Mental Health (DE), Essen University Hospital (DE), Kliniken Schmieder (DE)
Medizinische Fakultät der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
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