The Parasomnias and Other Sleep-related Movement Disorders

by Edited by Michael J. Thorpy , Giuseppe Plazzi

• ISBN13: 9780521111577
• ISBN10: 0521111579
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-07-26
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The first authoritative review on the parasomnias - disorders that cause abnormal behavior during sleep - this book contains many topics never before covered in detail. The behaviors associated with parasomnias may lead to injury of the patient or bed-partner, and may have forensic implications. These phenomena are common but often unrecognized, misdiagnosed, or ignored in clinical practice. With increasing awareness of abnormal behaviors in sleep, the book fulfils the need for in-depth descriptions of clinical and research aspects of these disorders, including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, morbidity, and functional consequences of each condition, where known. Appropriate behavioral and pharmacological treatments are addressed in detail. There are authoritative sections on disorders of arousal, parasomnias usually associated with REM sleep, sleep-related movement disorders and other variants, and therapy of parasomnias. Sleep specialists, neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists and other healthcare professionals with an interest in sleep disorders will find this book essential reading.

Table of Contents

Parasomnias: a short history

Epidemiology of parasomnias

Functional neuroimaging in parasomnias

The clinical evaluation of patients with parasomnias

Video-polysomnography of parasomnias

Parasomnias due to medications or substances

Parasomnias due to medical and neurological disorders

Trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder and parasomnias

Sexsomnias

Medico-legal consequences of parasomnias

Disorders of Arousal

Confusional arousals

Sleepwalking

Sleep terrors

Parasomnias Usually Associated with REM Sleep

REM sleep behavior disorder

Recurrent isolated sleep paralysis

Nightmare disorder

Other Parasomnias

Sleep related dissociative disorders

Sleep enuresis

Sleep related groaning (Catathrenia)

Sleep-related hallucinations and exploding head syndrome

Sleep-related eating disorder

Sleep-Related Movement Disorders and Other Variants

Restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movements

Sleep starts

Fragmentary myoclonus

Sleep related leg cramps

Sleep related bruxism

Propriospinal myoclonus

Sleep related rhythmic movement disorder

Nocturnal panic attacks

Sleep-related epilepsy

Therapy of Parasomnias

Pharmacotherapy and parasomnias

Behavioral and psychiatric treatment of parasomnias

Hypnotherapy and parasomnias

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