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Sleep and Quality of Life in Non-REM-Related Parasomnias

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Sleep and Quality of Life in Clinical Medicine

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Undesirable behaviors occurring during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep have been reported to be associated with injuries to self and others ranging from bruises and lacerations to paralysis to death. During sleepwalking, confusional arousals and sleep terrors complex motor behaviors may occur while cognitive functions that usually control or modify our actions are limited or absent. Dangerous behaviors such as falling down, jumping out of windows, and sleep driving have been reported.

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  1. Section Psychopharmacology Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, 3508TB, PoBox 80082, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Joris C. Verster

  2. Divison of Clinical Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street - Rm # BB813, New York, NY 10032, USA

    S. R. Pandi-Perumal

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit (KLARU), 3560 Bathurst St., Toronto, M6A 2E1, Canada

    David L. Streiner

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Pressman, M.R. (2008). Sleep and Quality of Life in Non-REM-Related Parasomnias. In: Verster, J.C., Pandi-Perumal, S.R., Streiner, D.L. (eds) Sleep and Quality of Life in Clinical Medicine. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-343-5_14

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