Abstract

Anxiety Dreams as a Predominant Feature of Prodrome

Rahul Saha*, Aastha Sharma, Pankaj Verma

Prodrome is usually defined as the time between onset of unusual behaviour and frank psychotic symptoms. Anxiety, anergia, suspiciousness and sleep disturbances feature among prominent prodromal presentations. Study of dream content to elucidate and appreciate psychopathology is witnessing a renewed interest in present times. We describe here a case with anxiety dreams as the sole symptom in prodrome leading to a frank psychotic illness and discuss the possible implications of the same in the sociocultural context.

Published Date: 2025-04-08; Received Date: 2023-11-15