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Parasomnias

Parasomnia refers to disorders of arousal, partial arousal, or sleep stage transition. It represents an episodic disorder in sleep (such as sleepwalking) rather than a disorder of sleep or wakefulness per se. Parasomnias may be induced or exacerbated by sleep but they are not disorders of the sleep stages as dyssomnias are.

Nocturnal Leg Cramps

Myoclonus

Somniloquy

Rhythmic Movement Disorder

Sleep Paralysis

Hypnogogia

Sleepwalking or Somnambulism

Night Terrors

Sleep-onset Association Disorder

Other

Epidemiological studies have shown that parasomnia occur in about 10% of adults, and are usually not associated with significant underlying psychiatric or psychological disorders. These disorders are very common in children, but may begin during adulthood or persist into adulthood or. There is evidence of genetic bases of these disorders. For predisposed people, triggers may include sleep deprivation, alcohol ingestion, and medications.

 

 

 

Sleep Disorders

 

Parsomnias

 

Dyssomnias

 

journal abstracts

Circadian gene helps brain predict mealtime

 

Onset of sleep problems and alcohol use in teens

 

Behvioral therpay for Insomnia?

 

Sleep and appetite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

news

Mars experiment could help insomniacs

Lose sleep: lose new brain cells

Hypnogogia

 

 

 

"O Sleep, rest of all things, mildest of the gods, balm of the soul..."

(Iris to Hypnos. Ovid, Metamorphoses)