This episode was written and produced by John Barkham, MD, Mohan Dutt, MD, and Alok Sachdeva MD.

Join The White Noise Podcast in part II of their discussion on nightmare disorder. In this episode we speak with Dr. Todd Favorite, an expert in the treatment of PTSD and nightmare disorders.

Show Notes Season 1-Episode 3- Nightmare Disorder Part 2

Time Stamps

0:00 – Introduction

0:30 – Get to know Dr. Favorite

2:45 – Pick of the Month

5:00 – Clinical Case

6:45 – Initial Evaluation

8:00 – Nightmares in the setting of post-traumatic stress disorder

16:00 – Dream rescripting

22:00 – How to evaluate success

28:00 – Choosing the right patient

30:00 – How to

38:00 – Scoring

39:45 – More information on dream rescripting

42:00 – Co-therapy with medication

45:00 – How to be successful

47:00 – Medication vs nightmare reduction therapy

Dr. Favorites Recommended Reading List

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The authors of The White Noise Podcast do not have any financial disclosures.

Episode written and produced by John Barkham, MD, Mohan Dutt, MD, and Alok Sachdeva MD.

The White Noise Podcast discusses the medical management of nightmare disorders with our very own Dr. John Barkham, who is a clinical lecturer at the Ann Arbor VA. This is part one of our two part series on nightmare disorders.

Show Notes Season 1-Episode 2- Nightmare Disorder Part 1 

Time Stamps

0:00 – Introduction

4:51 – Guest Introduction

8:10 – Picks of the month

11:29 – Clinical case begins

11:40 – Evaluation of nightmares

22:00 – Nightmares in the veteran population

25:30 – Prazosin use for nightmare disorder

28:00 – Diagnostic criteria for nightmare disorder

32:05 – Disturbing dreams and nightmare severity index (DDNSI)

34:00 – Resumption of case

37:45 – Prazosin dosing

41:50 – Problems with the DDNSI

47:18 – Pharmacologic alternatives to prazosin

51:00 – Alternatives to pharmacotherapy

Additional Information

From: Callen et al, Nightmare Disorders in Adults

From: Callen et al, Nightmare Disorders in Adults

Disclosures

The authors of The White Noise Podcast have no financial disclosures

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