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.

Hardcover: 356 pages
Company: Cambridge University Press (2010-07-26)
ISBN: 0521111579
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Title: Parasomnias or paranormal--things that go clunk in the night.(SLEEP MEDICINE)
Author: Steven Grenard
Publication: FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2004
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: 28(2)

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Author: Steven Grenard
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This digital document is an article from FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2006. The length of the article is 897 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Sexsomnia.(a subtype of parasomnia)
Author: Frank Roman
Publication: FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: 40(2)

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Author: Frank Roman
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Based on the highly acclaimed Sleep: A Comprehensive Handbook, this is a concise, convenient, practical, and affordable handbook on sleep medicine. It consists of forty topic-focused chapters written by a panel of international experts covering a range of topics including insomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, parasomnias, circadian sleep disorders, sleep in the elderly, sleep in children, sleep among women, and sleep in the medical, psychiatric, and neurological disorders. It serves as an effective Sleep Medicine board examination review, and every chapter includes sample boards -style questions for test preparation and practice.

Author: Teofilo L. Lee-Chiong
Paperback: 280 pages
Company: Wiley-Blackwell (2009-02-09)
ISBN: 0470195665
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Sleep can be a troubling experience for persons plagued by nocturnal disorders known as parasomnias. While they are "asleep," such persons may be walking, screaming in terror, rearranging furniture, eating odd food concoctions, or wielding weapons. Or they may be unable to fall asleep because of the unpleasant sensations of restless legs syndrome. Although these disorders are indeed bizarre, effective treatments are available. In this article, Drs Schenck and Mahowald discuss the evaluation and treatment of parasomnias and provide illustrative patient vignettes from their extensive experience at a sleep disorders center. Schenck CH, Mahowald MW. Parasomnias: managing bizarre sleep-related disorders.

Original Publication Date: March 2000

Author: Mark W. Mahowald, Carlos H. Schenck
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This digital document is an article from FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine, published by Focus Publications, Inc. on September 1, 2008. The length of the article is 1590 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Catathrenia: parasomnia or OSA symptom?(SLEEP MEDICINE)(Report)
Author: Regina Patrick
Publication: FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2008
Publisher: Focus Publications, Inc.
Page: 14(2)

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Author: Regina Patrick
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Parasomnias can be roughly divided into Non-REM disorders and REM disorders, and this issue covers much of what is known today on the diagnosis and treatment of various types of parasomnias.  Articles examine disorders such as sleepwalking, sleep sex, sleep violence, sleep eating, and diagnostic methods of these.  The issue also delves into forensic concerns, especially with regard to sleep violence.  Other  types of parasomnias discussed include sleep talking and sleep enuresis.

Author: Mark Pressman PhD D.ABSM
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Company: Saunders (2011-11-29)
ISBN: 145577992X
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Saturated with color and boldly composed, Viviane Sassen's photographs straddle the boundaries of fashion, art, and documentary photography. This monograph by the award-winning Dutch-born photographer Viviane Sassen features photographs from throughout West and East Africa. Sassen's overriding theme is parasomnia, a sleep disorder involving strange movements, behaviors, emotions, and dreams. The otherworldly feel of these photographs, involving both human and inanimate subjects, aptly conveys an altered-consciousness point of view-one that is at home in the pages of a fashion magazine, newspaper, or a modern art gallery. Indeed, Sassen's images have appeared in all three venues to wide acclaim. Sassen's photographic series is engaging and thrillingly beautiful, filled with shadow and ambiguity, and it offers a challenge to the viewers to come up with their own narrative.

Author: Moses Isegawa
Hardcover: 104 pages
Company: Prestel Publishing (2011-11-29) (2011-11-29)
ISBN: 3791345214
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Somnipathy is a medical disorder of human sleep patterns and can interfere with normal physical, mental and emotional functioning.
Sleep disorders are classified as dyssomnias, parasomnias, medically or psychiatrically-caused, or sleeping sickness. This book focuses on parasomnia sleep disorders involving abnormal movements and behaviors. Included in the book are night terrors, sleepwalking, teeth-grinding, sleep sex and more. Also included are the sleeping sickness caused by the tsetse fly and snoring, which is not a disorder but a sign that there may be an underlying medical issue.

Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge.

Author: Beatriz Scaglia
Paperback: 142 pages
Company: Webster's Digital Services (2010-11-17)
ISBN: 1171177496
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Sleep disorders represent a major portion of the chief complaints seen by pulmonologists and other physicians.  Sleep apnea and hypopnea syndrome for example, are common disorders with significant adverse health consequences. Sleep apnea is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality, impaired quality of life and increased motor vehicle accidents. In addition, sleep apnea often co-exists with other chronic conditions including obesity, the metabolic syndrome, and tobacco use disorder.  Patients with sleep-related conditions often present with non-specific complaints that require a broad and detailed knowledge of the wide range of sleep disorders.   In Essentials of Sleep Medicine: An Approach for Clinical Pulmonology, a concise, evidence-based review of sleep medicine for the pulmonologist is presented. Providing a focused, scientific basis for the effects of sleep on human physiology, especially cardiac and respiratory physiology, chapters also outline a differential diagnosis for common sleep complaints and an evidence-based approach to diagnosis and management. This includes a review of the current standards of practice and of emerging technology and unresolved issues awaiting further research. Each chapter includes a summary of current research and outlines future research directions and issues. In all, Essentials of Sleep Medicine: An Approach for Clinical Pulmonology provides a clear diagnostic and management program for all the different sleep disorders, with a major focus on respiratory disorders of sleep, and includes key points and summaries. Developed by an international group of renowned authors, Essentials of Sleep Medicine: An Approach for Clinical Pulmonology is an invaluable resource for pulmonologists, respiratory care practitioners, polysomnographic technologists, graduate students, clinical researchers, and other health professionals seeking an in-depth review of sleep medicine.

Hardcover: 427 pages
Company: Humana Press (2011-11-05)
ISBN: 160761734X
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