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Night Terrors : Treatments

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Treatments could include:
In many cases, a child who has a night terror only needs comfort and reassurance. Psychotherapy or counseling may be appropriate in some cases.
Source:ADAM
Date:June 4, 2007
If sleep terror episodes are infrequent, then treatment may not be necessary as long as the episodes are not.interfering significantly with the person's life. Some people may want to rearrange their bedroom furniture to minimize the possibility of...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
In most cases, the individual will still be asleep as the night terror episode happens and will prove difficult to awaken. The goal should be to help the affected person go back into a calm state of sleep.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Parents should not attempt to awaken a child experiencing a night terror. Efforts to console may be futile, though holding the child firmly and speaking with soothing words may facilitate the return to deep sleep.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Counseling in the public health setting can be a challenging, frustrating, and rewarding process: challenging because it requires the use of skills such as assessment, treatment planning, counseling methodology, and referral; frustrating due to hi...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Changing behavior through a counseling partnership.An approach to counseling for behavior change attracts growing interest.
Source:StayWell
The treatment of mental or emotional disorders and adjustment problems through the use of psychological techniques rather than through physical or biological means.Psychoanalysis, the first modern form of psychotherapy, was called the"talking cure...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Psychotherapy can be defined as a means of treating psychological or emotional problems such as neurosis or personality disorder through verbal and nonverbal communication. It is the treatment of psychological distress through talking with a speci...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Psychotherapy can be defined as a means of treating such psychological or emotional problems as neurosis or personality disorder through verbal and nonverbal communication. It is the treatment of psychological distress through talking with a speci...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Contrary to what many people believe, psychotherapy for anxiety, depression, phobias or stress doesn't have to be a long and costly process. Feeling better doesn't require a lifetime of intensive psychotherapy.
Source:StayWell
Psychotherapy integration is defined as an approach to psychotherapy that includes a variety of attempts to look beyond the confines of single-school approaches in order to see what can be learned from other perspectives. It is characterized by an...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
The treatment of mental or emotional disorders and adjustment problems through the use of psychological techniques rather than through physical or biological means.Psychoanalysis, the first modern form of psychotherapy, was called the"talking cure...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
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