Full Description
Parasomnias are phenomena that occur exclusively during sleep or are exacerbated during sleep/wake transition. These disorders are known to contribute towards impaired quality of life, disturbed and non-restorative sleep, risk for injuries to self and others and often associated with other medical, neurological and psychiatric disorders. Advances in sleep medicine have revealed a high prevalence of parasomnias across all ages. With the growing interest for diagnosing and management of parasomnias in sleep medicine, a practical guide to parasomnias is greatly needed.Parasomnias provides a comprehensive review of epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical characteristics, diagnostic evaluation and treatment of parasomnias across the patient's life span. Written by experts, each chapter integrates the latest research and clinical data. In addition, several chapters address medico-legal and forensic aspects of parasomnias.Clinicians and researchers with an interest in sleep medicine will find Parasomnias to not only be an important contribution to the literature, but an indispensible guide to identifying, understanding and treating this disorder.
Contents
Section I - OVERVIEWIntroductionSanjeev V. Kothare and Anna IvanenkoPathophysiology of Parasomnias Suresh KotagalClassification of Parasomnias Erick N. Viorritto and Aatif M. HusainDiagnosing Parasomnias Madeleine M. Grigg-Damberger and Frank M. RallsSleepwalking and Its Variants in Adults Frank M. Ralls and Madeleine M. Grigg-DambergerSleepwalking in Children and Adolescents Ravindra Arya and Sejal V. JainSleep Terrors and Confusional Arousals in AdultsMilena Pavlova and Myriam AbdennadherSleep Terrors and Confusional Arousals in Children and Adolescents Sejal V. JainDISORDERSSleep Starts and Sleep Talking Shelly K. WeissSection IV- CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PARASOMNIAS ASSOCIATED WITH REM SLEEPPhysiology and Content of DreamsUjjwal P. Ramtekkar, Anna Ivanenko, and Sanjeev V. KothareNightmare Disorders in Adults Antonio Zadra and Barry KrakowNightmare Disorders in ChildrenSriram Ramgopal, Marcin Zarowski, and Sanjeev V. Kothare Recurrent Isolated Sleep Paralysis (RISP)Sricharan Moturi and Poojitha MattaSleep-related HallucinationsAnna Ivanenko and Sachin ReliaREM Behavior Disorder in Adults Sujay Kansagra and Bradley V. VaughnREM Behavior Disorder in Children Sriram Ramgopal, Marcin Zarowski, and Sanjeev V. KothareSection V - OTHER PARASOMNIASNocturnal Paroxysmal Dystonia Joseph Kaleyias, Ruchi Arora, and Sanjeev V. KothareSleep Related Dissociative Disorders Keith R. Warren Sleep Bruxism Umakanth Khatwa and Sanjeev V. Kothare Nocturnal Enuresis Ronald E. BeckerSleep Related Eating Disorders: A Separate Entity or Part of the NES Clinical Spectrum? Orna Tzischinsky, Pierguiseppe Vinai, Michael J. Howell and Yael LatzerParasomnia Overlap Disorders Thomas FreedomSection VI - NEUROLOGICAL, PSYCHIATRIC AND MEDICAL DISORDERS PRESENTING AS PARASOMNIASNeurological Conditions Associated with Parasomnias Kiran Maski and Smit S. ChauhanPsychiatric Disorders Presenting with Parasomnias Robert A. KowatchMedical Disorders Presenting with Parasomnias Ramadevi Gourineni and Lisa WolfeParasomnias Caused by Other ConditionsHarish Rao and Umakanth KhatwaSection VII - INTERVENTIONS FOR PARASOMNIASCognitive and Behavioral Interventions for ParasomniasCynthia D. Nichols and Connie M. BongiornoTreatment of ParasomniasMilena Pavlova and Myriam AbdennadherUse of Alternative Medicines in Parasomnias for Adults and Children Youngran Chung and Robert C. Dumont Section VIII- MEDICOLEGAL ASPECTSSexomnia: A Medicolegal Case-based Approach in Analyzing Potential Sleep-related Abnormal Sexual BehaviorsMichel A. Cramer BornemannForensic Aspects of the Parasomnias Karl Doghramji, Solange Margery Bertoglia, and Clarence Watson
