BACKGROUND Sleep disturbance is a prevalent and clinically significant feature of bipolar disorder. However, there are aspects of sleep and bipolar disorder that have been minimally characterized. This study aims to fill several gaps in the literature by examining the prevalence, coexistence, and persistence of sleep disturbance retrospectively across a five-year period in bipolar disorder. M...

To determine quantitative REM sleep muscle tone in men and women without REM sleep behavior disorder, we quantitatively analyzed REM sleep phasic and tonic muscle activity, phasic muscle burst duration, and automated REM atonia index in submentalis and anterior tibialis muscles in 25 men and 25 women without REM sleep behavior disorder. Men showed significantly higher anterior tibialis phasic m...

ACG Actigraphy ADHD Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder ANOVA Analysis of variance AS Asperger syndrome CBCL Children's behaviour checklist CDI Children's depression inventory CI Confidence interval CSRF Children's self-report form for sleep disturbances DSPS Delayed sleep phase syndrome EEG Electroencephalography fMRI Functional magnetic resonance imaging INCL Infantile neuronal ceroi...

The Circadian rhythm sleep disorder of the dementia is apt to cause night wandering, delirium and even sundowning syndrome. And these behaviors put a major burden on the patients themselves and their caregivers. The ratio of complication of Circadian rhythm sleep disorder in Alzheimer's disease, the major figure of dementia, is considerably high. Circadian rhythm sleep disorder in Alzheimer's d...

Sleep-related breathing disorder is a prevalent medical condition that remains underdiagnosed in the community. This disorder has social, behavioural and neuropsychological impact, deleterious haemodynamic effects during sleep, and is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity. This review aims to describe the current evidence for the association of sleep-related breathing disorder with...

OBJECTIVE To assess undiagnosed and comorbid disorders in patients referred to a tertiary care center with a presumed diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). METHODS Patients referred for chronic unexplained fatigue entered an integrated diagnostic pathway, including internal medicine assessment, psychodiagnostic screening, physiotherapeutic assessment and polysomnography+multiple sleep ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was (1) to evaluate the extent and nature of sleep disorder-related symptoms in the older primary care patient population and (2) to differentiate a pattern of self-reported symptoms that identify patients who should be referred to the sleep clinic for further evaluation. METHOD One hundred ninety-six older adults recruited from family practice centers w...

BackgroundAttention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood. Up to 50% of these children suffer from at least one comorbid sleep disorder. Considering the deleterious effects of sleep problems on all aspects of children's life, this study was designed to investigate the impact of a sleep hygiene intervention on sleep habits in ch...

These practice parameters are an update of the previously-published recommendations regarding the indications for polysomnography and related procedures in the diagnosis of sleep disorders. Diagnostic categories include the following: sleep related breathing disorders, other respiratory disorders, narcolepsy, parasomnias, sleep related seizure disorders, restless legs syndrome, periodic limb mo...