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Sleep Paralysis: Historical, Psychological, and Medical Perspectives
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Sleep Paralysis: Historical, Psychological, and Medical Perspectives Paperback - 2015 - 1st Edition

by Brian A. Sharpless; Karl Doghramji


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Humans throughout history have described a peculiar state between wakefulness and sleep during which they are consciously aware of their surroundings, but physically paralyzed. Sleep paralysis is also commonly accompanied by high levels of fear, feelings of suffocation, and hallucinations (i.e., waking dreams). Early interpretations of this event were that it was an actual attack by malevolent and supernatural entities such as demons, ghosts, or witches. Some of these beliefs persist to the present day in the form of nocturnal visitations by extraterrestrials and shadow people.

Sleep Paralysis: Historical, Psychological, and Medical Perspectives offers the first comprehensive examination of sleep paralysis from scientific and cultural perspectives. Drs. Brian Sharpless and Karl Doghramji synthesize the many literatures while providing practical guidance for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep paralysis. Included are medication suggestions and a new psychotherapy manual for mental health professionals. The result is a volume that illuminates the cultural, medical, and intellectual importance of this understudied phenomenon.

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  • Title Sleep Paralysis: Historical, Psychological, and Medical Perspectives
  • Author Brian A. Sharpless; Karl Doghramji
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
  • Date 2015-07-22
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780199313808 / 0199313806
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.4 x 6.1 x 0.7 in (23.88 x 15.49 x 1.78 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Sleep Paralysis
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014043380
  • Dewey Decimal Code 612.821

About the author

Brian A. Sharpless, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Director of the Psychology Clinic at Washington State University

Karl Doghramji, MD is a Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University; a Medical Director at Jefferson Sleep Disorders Center; and Program Director at Fellowship in Sleep Medicine.

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