Sleep Disorders & Health
Very often, sleep impairment is described by patients with psychiatric diseases, mainly anxiety and depressive disorders. On the other hand, primary insomnia and other sleep disorders may lead to mood abnormalities similar to those related to psychiatric illnesses. Physicians must correctly identify the cause of sleep disturbance for the effective management of both insomnia and mental disorders. Indeed, this need is further emphasized by the fact that there is overlapping in symptoms and therapies.
- Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders: Information about the sleep process and its disorders, including circadian rhythm sleep disorders, are provided in the book.
- Different Types of Insomnia: The author describes all types of insomnia, features, and treatments.
- Hypersomnia and Parasomnias: It proceeds to discuss hypersomnia and parasomnias and explains how these can impact one's sleep.
- Normal Patterns of Sleep: Normal sleep patterns have been defined so that baseline for comparison might be known for identifying disorders.
- Sleep and Psychiatric Illness: The interaction between sleep and psychiatric disorders is explored in this paper.
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has been linked to sleep apnea, a condition causing a person to either
stop breathing or gasp shallowly while sleeping. It is also related to a
higher stroke and heart attack risk and cognitive decline. There may be
painful sensations in the legs, with an urge to move, similar to
restless legs syndrome, which could quite adversely affect both night
rest and day activity.
- Sleep in Parkinson's Disease: Sleep and alertness impairment are among the most common and incapatating of the non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease. This was first described back in 1817 by James Parkinson.
It is only recently that the medical and research fraternity began viewing sleep problems with some seriousness in Parkinson's disease. Majorly, sleep and circadian rhythms are governed by dopamine, which is the principal neurotransmitter involved in the course of PD. It is estimated that sleep disturbances occur in up to 90% of all patients who have PD, and often it manifests several decades prior to motor symptoms.
- Complex sleep disturbances in Parkinson's disease: How sleep is disturbed in Parkinson's disease is very complex. Basic abnormalities of sleep itself are intermingled with medication side effects, nocturnal return of motor symptoms, and primary neurodegeneration.
Reports from patients with Parkinson's disease associate poor night's sleep with an excess of alertness throughout the day, which is a key feature of circadian dysregulation. It therefore becomes very important to comprehend and address these issues in order to raise the quality of life for patients.