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Section 1. Introduction: Parasomnias: a short history / Shannon S. Sullivan and Christian Guilleminault; Epidemiology of parasomnias / Maurice M. Ohayon; Neuroimaging in parasomnias / Eric A. Nofzinger; Clinical evaluation of parasomnias / Imran M. Ahmed and Michael J. Thorpy; Video-polysomnography of parasomnias / Stefano Vandi; Parasomnias due to medications or substances / Rosalind D. Cartwright; Parasomnias due to medical and neurological disorders / Marco Zucconi and Alessandro Oldani; Trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and parasomnias / Thomas A. Mellman and Anissa Maroof; Sexsomnias / Nikola N. Trajanovic and Colin M/ Shapiro; Medico-legal consequences of parasomnias / Irshaad O. Ebrahim and Colin M. Shapiro -- Section 2. Disorders of arousal: Confusional arousals / Gregory Stores; Sleepwalking / Antonio Zadra and Jacques Montplaisir; Sleep terrors / Meredith Broderick and Christian Guilleminault -- Section 3. Parasomnias usually associated with REM sleep: REM sleep behavior disorder / Raffaele Manni and Terzaghi Michele; Recurrent isolated sleep paralysis / James Allen Cheyne; Nightmare disorder / Michael Schredl -- Section 4. Other parasomnias: Sleep-related dissociative disorder / Christina J. Calamaro and Thornton B.A. MasonI; Sleep enuresis / Oliviero Bruni, Luana Novelli, Elena Finotti and Ferri Raffaele; Catathernia (sleep-related groaning) / Roberto Vetrugno, Giuseppe Plazzi and Pasquale Montagna; Sleep-related hallucinations and exploding head syndrome / Satish C. Rao and Michael H. Silber; Sleep-related eating disorder / John W. Winkelman -- Section 5. Sleep-related movement disorders and other variants: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) and periodic leg movements (PLM) / Richard P. Allen; Sleep starts / Sudhansu Chokroverty and Divya Gupta; Fragmentary myoclonus / Pasquale Montagna and Roberto Vetrugno; Sleep-related leg cramps / Renee Monderer and Michael J. Thorpy; Sleep-related bruxism / Nelly Huynh; Propriospinal myoclonus / Giuseppe Plazzi and Roberto Vetrugno; Sleep-related rhythmic movement disorder / Timothy F. Hoban; Sleep panic arousals / Ravi Singareddy and Thomas W. Uhde; Sleep-related epilepsy / Carl W. Bazil -- Section 6. Therapy of parasomnias: Pharmacotherapy and parasomnias / Rafael Pelayo and Deepti Sinha; Behavioral and psychiatric treatment of parasomnias / Shelby F. Harris and Michael J. Thorpy; Hypnotherapy and parasomnias / Gina Graci.

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.