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Joan is a six-year-old child who cries out in the middle of the night, appearing frightened and inconsolable. Her parents are unable to comfort her during these episodes, and Joan has no memory of the event in the morning. Joan appears to be experiencing
 
  a. dyssomnia.
 b. hypersomnia.
  c. nightmares.
 d. sleep terrors.

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Martin sits up every night screaming. He does not remember these terrors, nor is he easily awakened or comforted. What should Martin's mother do?
 
  a. Wake Martin up during the attack.
 b. Make sure that Martin is very tired before going to bed.
 c. Use scheduled awakenings to briefly awaken Martin before an attack occurs.
 d. All of these have been demonstrated to reduce the frequency and duration of sleep terrors


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aprice35067

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

c


maychende

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Gracias!

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