- 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. 193) Sleep-Related Movement Disorders
- Chapter:
- (p. 193) Sleep-Related Movement Disorders
- Author(s):
Ravi Gupta
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780190929671.003.0014
Sleep-related movement disorders include disorders that manifest as simple and mostly stereotyped movements occurring at sleep–wake interface or during sleep. Restless legs syndrome (RLS), the most common sleep-related movement disorder. RLS is a treatable condition that psychiatrists must be familiar with due to its common comorbidity with a broad range of psychiatric disorders. In addition, commonly used psychotropic medications are known to induce or worsen RLS symptoms in predisposed individuals, and these symptoms may be mistaken for akathisia or sleep-initiation insomnia and lead to mismanagement. This chapter discusses, among other RLS-related topics, the diagnosis, epidemiology, predisposing factors, genetic factors, and the role of iron metabolism.
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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