"Dreams" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep which are dissociated from the usual stream of consciousness of the waking state.
| Descriptor ID |
D004325
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.463.188.634.309 F02.830.855.268
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dreams" by people in Profiles.
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Expert annotation of free-text descriptions of dream enactment behaviours associated with REM sleep behaviour disorder. Sleep Med. 2026 Feb; 138:108711.
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Prevalence of clinically relevant nightmares and their differences by sex and diagnosis in psychiatric inpatients. Sleep Med. 2026 Jan; 137:106900.
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Factor Analysis and Validation of the Disturbing Dream and Nightmare Severity Index in an Inpatient Sample. Behav Sleep Med. 2024 Jul-Aug; 22(4):540-552.
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Difficulties in emotion regulation moderates the relationship between mood symptoms and nightmares in an inpatient psychiatric sample. J Affect Disord. 2024 04 15; 351:179-183.
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Protecting the American Dream: a Pediatric Imperative. Pediatrics. 2021 02; 147(2).
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Emotion regulation difficulties are associated with nightmares and suicide attempts in an adult psychiatric inpatient sample. Psychiatry Res. 2020 11; 293:113437.
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The Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine (SBSM) COVID-19 Task Force: Objectives and Summary Recommendations for Managing Sleep during a Pandemic. Behav Sleep Med. 2020 Jul-Aug; 18(4):570-572.
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Clinical Correlates of Dream Enactment Behaviors in Previously Deployed OEF/OIF/OND Veterans: An Exploratory Analysis. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2020; 32(2):147-153.
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Treatment of Nightmares in Psychiatric Inpatients With Imagery Rehearsal Therapy: An Open Trial and Case Series. Behav Sleep Med. 2019 Mar-Apr; 17(2):112-123.
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REM sleep behaviour disorder: prodromal and mechanistic insights for Parkinson's disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2017 05; 88(5):445-451.