Parasomnias - Clinical Characteristics and Treatment

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.

Sommario

Section I - OVERVIEW

Introduction
Sanjeev V. Kothare and Anna Ivanenko

Pathophysiology of Parasomnias
Suresh Kotagal

Classification of Parasomnias
Erick N. Viorritto and Aatif M. Husain

Diagnosing Parasomnias
Madeleine M. Grigg-Damberger and Frank M. Ralls

Section II - CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AROUSAL DISORDERS



Sleepwalking and Its Variants in Adults
Frank M. Ralls and Madeleine M. Grigg-Damberger



Sleepwalking in Children and Adolescents
Ravindra Arya and Sejal V. Jain

Sleep Terrors and Confusional Arousals in Adults
Milena Pavlova and Myriam Abdennadher

Sleep Terrors and Confusional Arousals in Children and Adolescents
Sejal V. Jain

Section III - CLINICAL CHARACTERSITICS OF SLEEP-WAKE TRANSITION DISORDERS

Sleep Starts and Sleep Talking
Shelly K. Weiss

Section IV- CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS
OF PARASOMNIAS ASSOCIATED WITH REM SLEEP

Physiology and Content of Dreams
Ujjwal P. Ramtekkar , Anna Ivanenko, and Sanjeev V. Kothare

Nightmare Disorders in Adults
Antonio Zadra and Barry Krakow

Nightmare Disorders in Children
Sriram Ramgopal, Marcin Zarowski , and Sanjeev V. Kothare

Recurrent Isolated Sleep Paralysis (RISP)
Sricharan Moturi and Poojitha Matta

Sleep-related Hallucinations
Anna Ivanenko and Sachin Relia

REM Behavior Disorder in Adults
Sujay Kansagra and Bradley V. Vaughn

REM Behavior Disorder in Children
Sriram Ramgopal, Marcin Zarowski, and Sanjeev V. Kothare

Section V - OTHER PARASOMNIAS

Nocturnal Paroxysmal Dystonia
Joseph Kaleyias , Ruchi Arora, and Sanjeev V. Kothare

Sleep Related Dissociative Disorders
Keith R. Warren

Sleep Bruxism
Umakanth Khatwa and Sanjeev V. Kothare

Nocturnal Enuresis
Ronald E. Becker

Sleep Related Eating Disorders: A Separate Entity or Part of the NES Clinical Spectrum?
Orna Tzischinsky, Pierguiseppe Vinai, Michael J. Howell and Yael Latzer



Parasomnia Overlap Disorders
Thomas Freedom

Section VI - NEUROLOGICAL, PSYCHIATRIC AND MEDICAL DISORDERS PRESENTING AS PARASOMNIAS

Neurological Conditions Associated with Parasomnias
Kiran Maski and Smit S. Chauhan

Psychiatric Disorders Presenting with Parasomnias
Robert A. Kowatch

Medical Disorders Presenting with Parasomnias
Ramadevi Gourineni and Lisa Wolfe

Parasomnias Caused by Other Conditions
Harish Rao and Umakanth Khatwa

Section VII - INTERVENTIONS FOR PARASOMNIAS

Cognitive and Behavioral Interventions for Parasomnias
Cynthia D. Nichols and Connie M. Bongiorno

Treatment of Parasomnias
Milena Pavlova and Myriam Abdennadher

Use of Alter native Medicines in Parasomnias for Adults and Children
Youngran Chung and Robert C. Dumont

Section VIII- MEDICOLEGAL ASPECTS



Sexomnia: A Medicolegal Case-based Approach in Analyzing Potential Sleep-related Abnormal Sexual Behaviors
Michel A. Cramer Bornemann

Forensic Aspects of the Parasomnias
Karl Doghramji, Solange Margery Bertoglia, and Clarence Watson

Relazione

"This is a comprehensive review of our present day understanding of these sleep-related disorders. ... The audience is clinicians and researchers with an interest in sleep medicine. ... will be helpful to any clinicians or students who are involved in the ongoing clinical care of patients in the fields of either medicine or mental health. ... a useful aid to those in the sleep-related specialties as well as to any clinicians who encounter patients with sleep-related disorders in their practice." (Michael Easton, Doody's Book Reviews, August, 2015)
"The book presents the latest research and clinical data on parasomnias. The intended audience includes researchers and practitioners in the field of sleep, including primary care practitioners, neurologists, psychiatrists, pulmonologists, psychologists, researchers, and neuroscientists. ... This is a valuable contribution to the field of sleep medicine. ... With its inclusion of recent research and clinical data, this is a practical guide for clinicians and researchers." (M. Isabel L. Crisostomo, Doody's Book Reviews, January, 2014)

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Anna Ivanenko (Editore), Sanjeev V. Kothare (Editore)
• Editore: Springer, Berlin
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9781489987426
• ISBN: 978-1-4899-8742-6
• Pagine: 488
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 27 mm x 235 mm
• Peso: 771 g
• Illustrazioni: 33 Tabellen
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina