期刊名称：Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
电子版ISSN：0973-1342
出版年度：2018
卷号：14
期号：1
页码：80-92
出版社：Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
摘要：Night terrors are phenomena that emerge in the phase of deep sleep in children andthat are extremely disturbing for the parents. While research suggests that they tend toresolve by middle childhood, in children where these persist and cause dysfunction,behavioral interventions have proved to be useful. The paper presents the case reportof an 8- year- old boy, who presented with night terrors and a decline in academicperformance. In therapy along with using behavioral techniques and parentmanagement strategies, creative modalities including art-work and play wereemployed. The child though vocal could not describe vocally the nighttime events orhis understanding of possible stresses. With the use of projective techniques inassessment and semi- structured techniques in therapy, several difficult and possiblytraumatic life events were understood and resolved with the child.
