Meditation-Relaxation (MR) Therapy for sleep paralysis
Jalal, B. (2016). How to make the ghosts in my bedroom disappear? Focused-attention meditation combined with muscle relaxation (MR therapy)—a direct treatment intervention for sleep paralysis. Frontiers in Psychology. 7:28. Details
Jalal, B. (2017). Response: “Commentary: How to make the ghosts in my bedroom disappear? Focused-attention meditation combined with muscle relaxation (MR therapy)—a direct treatment intervention for sleep paralysis”. Frontiers in Psychology. Details
Theories for why we see ghosts during sleep paralysis
Jalal, B. & Ramachandran, V. S. (2017). Sleep paralysis, “the ghostly bedroom intruder” and out-of-body experiences: the role of mirror neurons. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 11:92. Details.
Jalal, B. & Ramachandran, V. S. (2014). Sleep paralysis and the shadowy bedroom intruder: The role of the right superior parietal, phantom pain and projection of body image. Medical Hypotheses, 83(6), 755-757. Details
Sleep paralysis around the world:
Sleep paralysis in Egypt and Denmark
Jalal, B [Baland], Simons-Rudolph, J., Jalal, B [Bamo], & Hinton, D. E. (2014). Explanations of sleep paralysis among the general population in Egypt and Denmark. Transcultural Psychiatry, 51, 158-175. Details
Jalal, B. & Hinton, D. E. (2013). Rates and characteristics of sleep paralysis in the general population of Denmark and Egypt. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 37, 534-548. Details
Sleep paralysis in Denmark
Jalal, B. & Hinton D. E. (2016) Lifetime presence and rates of sleep paralysis in Denmark of ethnic Danes and non-ethnic Danes. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. Details
Sleep paralysis in Egypt
Jalal, B. & Hinton, D. E. (2015). Sleep paralysis among Egyptian college students: Association with anxiety symptoms (PTSD, trait anxiety, pathological worry). The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 203(11), 871-875. Details
Jalal, B., Samir, W. S., & Hinton D. E. (2016). Adaptation of CBT for traumatized Egyptians: Examples from culturally adapted CBT (CA-CBT). Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. Details
Sleep paralysis in Italy
Jalal, B., Romanelli, A., & Hinton, D. E. (2015). Cultural explanations of sleep paralysis in Italy: The pandafeche attack and associated supernatural beliefs. Culture Medicine and Psychiatry. 39(4), 651-664. Details
Sleep paralysis in the USA
Jalal, B., Taylor, C. T., & Hinton, D. E. (2013). A comparison of self-report and interview methods for assessing sleep paralysis: A pilot investigation in Denmark and the United States. Journal of Sleep Disorders: Treatment and Care, 3, 9-13. Details
Sleep paralysis in South Africa
Jalal, B., Qunessa, K., & Hinton, D. E. (under review). Adaptation of CBT for Traumatized South African Indigenous Groups: Examples from Multiplex CBT for PTSD. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice (forthcoming).
Encyclopedia article
Jalal, B. (2016). Sleep paralysis. In World Book student. Details