Scientists have discovered a link between lucid dreaming and psychosis. Because lucid dreaming creates distinctive electrical activity patterns within the brain that are similar to those made by conditions such as schizophrenia, dream therapy may be useful in psychiatric treatments. Dissociation, or the loss of conscious control over mental processes, is involved in both dreaming and some psychotic conditions. Just as lucid dreaming can be used to prevent nightmares, scientists believe that this training could also be used in psychiatric therapy. The research field for both psychiatry and dreams may go hand in hand in an attempt to explore interpretations and to cure psychiatric conditions.
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