Nightmares

A credentialed neuroscientist gives nightmares the serious, evidence-based treatment they deserve — covering biology, trauma, cultural history, and real therapeutic approaches in one tightly organized volume. Choice called it highly recommended through faculty level, and that tracks: it genuinely breaks new ground on why nightmares may be adaptive rather than just distressing. Readers who want science over pop psychology will find this rewarding, though the academic register and chapter on possession folklore may slow casual readers.