The Parasomnias, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics
- 1st Edition, Volume 19-1 - February 19, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editor: Alon Y. Avidan
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 2 9 2 5 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 2 9 2 6 - 1
In this issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics, guest editor Dr. Alon Y. Avidan brings his considerable expertise to the topic of The Parasomnias. Top experts in the field discuss a wid… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics, guest editor Dr. Alon Y. Avidan brings his considerable expertise to the topic of The Parasomnias. Top experts in the field discuss a wide variety of disruptive sleep-related disorders, including parasomnias across the lifecycle; confusional arousals and sexsomnias; somnambulism; sleep terrors; sleep-related eating disorder; and more.
- Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics including REM sleep behavior disorder; trauma-associated sleep disorder (TSD); recurrent isolated sleep paralysis; exploding head syndrome; sleep-related dissociative disorders; enuresis; forensic implications of the parasomnias; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on the parasomnias, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Forthcoming Issues
- Contributors
- Preface
- The Clinical Spectrum of the Parasomnias
- Key points
- Definition
- Classification of parasomnias
- Introduction and neurophysiology
- Clinical features of disorders of arousal
- Clinical evaluation of parasomnias
- Specific disorders of arousal
- Sleep terrors
- Recurrent isolated sleep paralysis
- Nightmares
- Differential diagnosis of parasomnias
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Understanding Sexual Parasomnias: A Review of the Current Literature on Their Nature, Diagnosis, Impacts, and Management
- Key points
- Introduction
- Data sources and search strategies
- Sexsomnia
- Sleep architecture and sleep disruptions
- Medications, substances, and sexsomnia: an intriguing relationship
- Psychological and emotional factors
- Navigating the complexities: medical-legal cases and sexsomnia
- Unraveling the mystery: diagnostic challenges in sexsomnia
- Awakening solutions: treatment approaches for sexsomnia
- Future perspectives
- Clinics care points
- Somnambulism
- Key points
- Somnambulism: The most complex form of disorders of arousal
- Pathophysiology
- Epidemiology
- Clinical features, current diagnostic criteria, and clues for differential diagnosis
- Consequences and comorbidities
- Management
- Summary and future perspectives
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Sleep-Related Eating Disorder
- Key points
- Introduction
- Clinical characteristics and diagnostic criteria
- Demographics and genetic factors
- Risk factors and potential triggers
- Differential diagnosis and distinction between sleep-related eating disorder and night eating syndrome
- Clinical evaluation and polysomnography findings
- Management options for sleep-related eating disorder
- Discussion and summary
- Sleep Terrors
- Key points
- Introduction
- Diagnostic criteria
- Demographics
- Pathophysiology
- Clinical presentation
- Clinical evaluation
- Differential diagnosis
- Management
- Clinics care points
- Supplementary data
- Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder: Clinical Presentation and Diagnostic Criteria
- Key points
- Introduction
- Clinical presentation of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder
- Epidemiology of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder
- Etiology of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder
- Diagnosis of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder
- Quantification of rapid eye movement sleep without atonia
- Clinical evaluation of patients with suspected rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder
- Differential diagnosis of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder: Management and Prognostic Counseling
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Prognostic counseling
- Future directions
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Trauma-Associated Sleep Disorder
- Key points
- Introduction
- Background
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder
- Diagnostic criteria
- Management
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Recurrent Isolated Sleep Paralysis
- Key points
- Definition and diagnostic criteria
- Clinical features
- Epidemiology
- Folklore, art, and literature
- Predisposing factors and association with other disorders
- Pathophysiology
- Neurophysiological findings
- Differential diagnosis
- Management
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Funding
- Nightmare Disorder
- Key points
- Introduction, definition, and background
- Assessment of nightmares and nightmare disorder
- Guidelines and current evidence
- Considerations
- Clinical outcomes
- Summary and recommendations
- Clinics care points
- Exploding Head Syndrome: A Systematic Scoping Review
- Key points
- Background
- Methodology
- Data sources and search strategy
- Selection of sources of evidence
- Data extraction
- Results
- How does EHS present?
- What are the co-morbidities and correlates of EHS?
- What are the subjective complaints and beliefs associated with EHS and how do patients with EHS interperet symptoms?
- What are the current evidence-based causal theories of EHS?
- How has research reported on the management of EHS?
- Discussion
- Clinics care points
- Future research
- Sleep-Related Hallucinations
- Key points
- Introduction
- History and background
- Description and classification
- Summary and discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Sleep-Related Dissociative Disorders
- Key points
- Introduction
- History and nomenclature
- Detailed description of sleep-related dissociative disorders
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Sleep-Related Urologic Dysfunction
- Key points
- Introduction
- Sleep enuresis
- Nocturia
- Nocturnal urinary urge incontinence
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Parasomnias During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Key points
- Background
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Forensic Implications of the Parasomnias
- Key points
- Introduction
- Overview of sleep-related violence and sexual behavior in sleep
- Sleep-related violence and sexual behavior in sleep in court
- The forensic evaluation of parasomnias
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Educational Resources to Support Patients with Parasomnias
- Key points
- Introduction
- General sleep education websites
- Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder
- Dialogue Specific to Neuroprotective Measures
- Summary
- Funding statement
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 19-1
- Published: February 19, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443129254
- eBook ISBN: 9780443129261
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Alon Y. Avidan
Dr. Avidan is Professor of Neurology at UCLA where he serves as Director of the UCLA Sleep Disorders Center. He completed his Neurology Residency at the Georgetown University Medical Center, and Fellowship in Sleep Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. He served as Visiting Professor of Neurology Education in the Department of Neurology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, MN, and was selected to receive the 2014 American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) Excellence in Education Award, for career contributions to education in sleep medicine. Dr. Avidan has published over 100 manuscripts on sleep disorders and had co-authored several books with Dr. Meir Kryger (a giant in the field). He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, the American Board of Sleep Medicine, and a Diplomate in the Specialty of Sleep Medicine by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
Affiliations and expertise
Director, UCLA Sleep Disorders Center
Professor, UCLA Department of Neurology
Past Chair, Faculty Executive Committee
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles