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"A fascinating and engaging book. Drawing upon multiple sources, including art, literature, work by other researches and her own fieldwork, Adler adroitly weaves a cogent narrative which provides insight into this pervasive yet under recognized affliction." * Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine *
"Sleep Paralysis is a mind-bending exploration of how what you believe interacts with how your body works."
-- Alexis Madrigal * The Atlantic *

Table of Contents
Consistencies : cross-cultural patterns
Continuities : a transhistorical bestiary
The night-mare on the analyst's couch
The night-mare in the sleep lab
The night-mare, traditional Hmong culture, and sudden death
The night-mare and the nocebo : beliefs that harm

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    A Paperback / softback by Shelley R Adler

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      Publisher: Rutgers University Press
      Publication Date: 15/01/2011
      ISBN13: 9780813548869, 978-0813548869
      ISBN10: 0813548861
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      Sleep disorders and therapy Psychology

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "A fascinating and engaging book. Drawing upon multiple sources, including art, literature, work by other researches and her own fieldwork, Adler adroitly weaves a cogent narrative which provides insight into this pervasive yet under recognized affliction." * Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine *
      "Sleep Paralysis is a mind-bending exploration of how what you believe interacts with how your body works."
      -- Alexis Madrigal * The Atlantic *

      Table of Contents
      Consistencies : cross-cultural patterns
      Continuities : a transhistorical bestiary
      The night-mare on the analyst's couch
      The night-mare in the sleep lab
      The night-mare, traditional Hmong culture, and sudden death
      The night-mare and the nocebo : beliefs that harm

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