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vii CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 Consistencies: Cross-cultural Patterns 8 2 Continuities: A Transhistorical Bestiary 37 3 The Night-mare on the Analyst’s Couch 59 4 The Night-mare in the Sleep Lab 74 5 The Night-mare, Traditional Hmong Culture, and Sudden Death 94 6 The Night-mare and the Nocebo: Beliefs That Harm 117 Conclusion 134 Notes 137 References 149 Index 165 ...

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