The Parasomnias and Other Sleep-Related Movement Disorders

An authoritative review of all parasomnias, addressing all aspects of abnormal behaviors during sleep.

Michael J. Thorpy (Edited by), Giuseppe Plazzi (Edited by)

9780521111577, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 10 June 2010

356 pages, 52 b/w illus. 4 colour illus. 32 tables
25.3 x 19.6 x 2 cm, 0.93 kg

"This is a good reference for practicing sleep clinicians and will likely serve as a helpful reference for sleep researchers."
--Doody's Review Service

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.

1. Parasomnias: a short history Shannon Sullivan and Christian Guilleminault
2. Epidemiology of parasomnias Maurice M. Ohayon
3. Functional neuroimaging in parasomnias Eric Nofzinger
4. The clinical evaluation of patients with parasomnias Imran Ahmed and Michael Thorpy
5. Video-polysomnography of parasomnias Stefano Vandi
6. Parasomnias due to medications or substances Rosalind Cartwright
7. Parasomnias due to medical and neurological disorders Marco Zucconi and Oldani Alessandro
8. Trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder and parasomnias Anissa Maroof and Thomas A. Mellman
9. Sexsomnias Nikola N. Trajanovic and Colin Shapiro
10. Medico-legal consequences of parasomnias Irshaad O. Ebrahim and Colin Shapiro
Part I. Disorders of Arousal: 11. Confusional arousals Gregory Stores
12. Sleepwalking Antonio Zadra and Jacques Montplaisir
13. Sleep terrors Christian Guilleminault and Meredith Broderic
Part II. Parasomnias Usually Associated with REM Sleep: 14. REM sleep behavior disorder Raffaele Manni and Terzaghi Michele
15. Recurrent isolated sleep paralysis James Allen Cheyne
16. Nightmare disorder Michael Schredl
Part III. Other Parasomnias: 17. Sleep related dissociative disorders Christina J. Calamaro and Thornton B. Mason II
18. Sleep enuresis Oliviero Bruni, Luana Novelli, Elena Finotti and Ferri Raffaele
19. Sleep related groaning (Catathrenia) Roberto Vetrugno and Giuseppe Plazzi
20. Sleep-related hallucinations and exploding head syndrome Michael H. Silber and Satish Rao
21. Sleep-related eating disorder John W. Winkelman and Jessica Saunders
Part IV. Sleep-Related Movement Disorders and Other Variants: 22. Restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movements Richard P. Allen
23. Sleep starts Sudhansu Chokroverty and Divya Gupta
24. Fragmentary myoclonus Pasquale Montagna
25. Sleep related leg cramps Renee Monderer and Michael Thorpy
26. Sleep related bruxism Nelly Huynh
27. Propriospinal myoclonus Giuseppe Plazzi
28. Sleep related rhythmic movement disorder Timothy F. Hoban
29. Nocturnal panic attacks Ravi Singareddy and Thomas W. Uhde
30. Sleep-related epilepsy Carl W. Bazil
Part V. Therapy of Parasomnias: 31. Pharmacotherapy and parasomnias Rafael Pelayo and Srivastava Deepti
32. Behavioral and psychiatric treatment of parasomnias Shelby Harris and Michael Thorpy
33. Hypnotherapy and parasomnias Gina M. Graci.

Subject Areas: Clinical psychology [MMJ], Psychiatry [MMH], Neurology & clinical neurophysiology [MJN]