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. 2010 Dec;66(12):1292-306.
doi: 10.1002/jclp.20724. Epub 2010 Aug 16.

Isolated sleep paralysis and fearful isolated sleep paralysis in outpatients with panic attacks

Brian A Sharpless  1 , Kevin S McCarthy, Dianne L Chambless, Barbara L Milrod, Shabad-Ratan Khalsa, Jacques P Barber
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Isolated sleep paralysis and fearful isolated sleep paralysis in outpatients with panic attacks

Brian A Sharpless et al. J Clin Psychol. 2010 Dec.

Abstract

Isolated sleep paralysis (ISP) has received scant attention in clinical populations, and there has been little empirical consideration of the role of fear in ISP episodes. To facilitate research and clinical work in this area, the authors developed a reliable semistructured interview (the Fearful Isolated Sleep Paralysis Interview) to assess ISP and their proposed fearful ISP (FISP) episode criteria in 133 patients presenting for panic disorder treatment. Of these, 29.3% met lifetime ISP episode criteria, 20.3% met the authors' lifetime FISP episode criteria, and 12.8% met their recurrent FISP criteria. Both ISP and FISP were associated with minority status and comorbidity. However, only FISP was significantly associated with posttraumatic stress disorder, body mass, anxiety sensitivity, and mood and anxiety disorder symptomatology.

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