- Dedication
- Contributors
- 1 Sleep Medicine and Psychiatry
- 2 Sleep Architecture and Physiology
- 3 Neurobiology of Sleep and Wakefulness
- 4 Circadian Rhythms
- 5 Sleep and Cognition
- 6 Office-Based Evaluation of Sleep Disordered Patients
- 7 Clinical Applications of Technical Procedures in Sleep Medicine
- 8 Insomnia Disorder—Pathophysiology
- 9 Pharmacological Management of Insomnia
- 10 Insomnia—Behavioral Treatments
- 11 Hypersomnolence Disorders
- 12 Parasomnias
- 13 Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders
- 14 Sleep-Related Movement Disorders
- 15 Breathing-Related Sleep Disorders
- 16 Pediatric Sleep–Wake Disorders
- 17 Depressive Disorders
- 18 Bipolar and Related Disorders
- 19 Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders
- 20 Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
- 21 Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
- 22 Substance Use Disorders
- 23 Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- 24 Delirium
- 25 Neurocognitive Disorders
- 26 Neurological Disorders
- 27 Pain Disorders
- 28 Psychotropic Medications and Sleep
- 29 Forensic Sleep Medicine
- 30 Eating Disorders
- 31 Future of Sleep Medicine and Psychiatry
- Index
(p. 134) Hypersomnolence Disorders
- Chapter:
- (p. 134) Hypersomnolence Disorders
- Author(s):
Sulaiman Alhifzi
, Nevin Zaki
, Aljohara S. Almeneesier
, and Ahmed S. BaHammam
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780190929671.003.0011
Despite varied classification systems, hypersomnolence disorders (or central disorders of hypersomnolence) are a group of disorders with a common symptom of excessive daytime sleepiness. In addition to a thorough clinical interview and examination, the assessment of hypersomnolence may require clinical investigations such as polysomnography and the multiple sleep latency test. This chapter examines the disorders of hypersomnolence with an emphasis on their clinical features and treatment strategies. The authors discuss the four main types of hypersomnolence disorders, narcolepsy type 1, narcolepsy type 2, idiopathic hypersomnia and Kleine–Levin syndrome, as well as hypersomnia due to a medical disorder, medication, or substance use; a psychiatric disorder; and insufficient sleep syndrome. It also discusses the relationships between hypersomnolence and psychiatric disorders.
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- Dedication
- Contributors
- 1 Sleep Medicine and Psychiatry
- 2 Sleep Architecture and Physiology
- 3 Neurobiology of Sleep and Wakefulness
- 4 Circadian Rhythms
- 5 Sleep and Cognition
- 6 Office-Based Evaluation of Sleep Disordered Patients
- 7 Clinical Applications of Technical Procedures in Sleep Medicine
- 8 Insomnia Disorder—Pathophysiology
- 9 Pharmacological Management of Insomnia
- 10 Insomnia—Behavioral Treatments
- 11 Hypersomnolence Disorders
- 12 Parasomnias
- 13 Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders
- 14 Sleep-Related Movement Disorders
- 15 Breathing-Related Sleep Disorders
- 16 Pediatric Sleep–Wake Disorders
- 17 Depressive Disorders
- 18 Bipolar and Related Disorders
- 19 Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders
- 20 Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
- 21 Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
- 22 Substance Use Disorders
- 23 Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- 24 Delirium
- 25 Neurocognitive Disorders
- 26 Neurological Disorders
- 27 Pain Disorders
- 28 Psychotropic Medications and Sleep
- 29 Forensic Sleep Medicine
- 30 Eating Disorders
- 31 Future of Sleep Medicine and Psychiatry
- Index