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Monday, October 31, 2016

Spotlight: Parasomnias

While all sleep disorders have elements of risk if left untreated, some of the more terrifying problems with sleep fall into the category of parasomnias. 

Parasomnias are sleep disorders in which abnormal things happen to people while they sleep that cannot be explained by more common disruptions caused by sleep apnea or restless legs. 

Usually the behaviors of someone with a parasomnia are bizarre or compelling and can impact both the person undergoing an episode or their bed partners or nearby loved ones. 

Unusual movements or strange emotional behavior associated with parasomnias can be anywhere from humorous and endearing to annoying and disruptive to violent, making these sleep disorders potentially dangerous and necessary to treat.

We've found a wide variety of links to information about parasomnias, including sleepwalking, sleep talking, sleep paralysis, sexsomnia, REM sleep behavior disorder, nocturnal enuresis, night terrors, night eating syndrome, sleep eating disorder, and confusional arousals.
This week's links were published or updated between 3.6.16 and 10.30.16.


Confusional Arousals (also known as sleep drunkenness)

Night Terrors (also known as Sleep Terrors)




Nocturnal Enuresis (also known as Bedwetting)

MAR 6 || PLOS ONE
Enuresis and Hyperactivity-Inattention in Early Adolescence: Findings from a Population-Based Survey in Tokyo (Tokyo Early Adolescence Survey)

MAY 29 || THE HEALTH SITE
Children are 50-70% more likely to wet their bed if their parents did too

JUN 29 || U INTERVIEW
Ian Ziering On Bedwetting And Helping Children Overcome It

JUN 30 || GOOD MEN PROJECT
A Dad’s Adventures with His Bedwetting Son

JULY 28 || AMERICAN SLEEP ASSOCIATION
Try Not To Cry When Your Child’s Not Dry — Finding Solutions To Bedwetting

JULY 29 || MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD
When is bedwetting a health problem?

AUG 18 || RILEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Bedwetting in Kids: Tips, Triggers and Treatments

AUG 26 || YAHOO!
Adult Bedwetting Struggles

SEPT 17 || GISTMASTER
Tackling bed-wetting in children

OCT 5 || GOOD MEN PROJECT
What Comes Next After ‘Daddy, I Wet the Bed’?

OCT 18 || WDAC
Doctors seeing bedwetting and depression in school-age kids

OCT 23 || THE SUN
Killer Peter Sutcliffe bullied in new jail because he is a BED WETTER



Sexsomnia (also known as Sleep Sex)

Sleep Paralysis

Sleep paralysis: When your peaceful slumber turns into a haunting nightmare

SEPT 20 || MEDICAL DAILY
Sleep Paralysis Movie 'Dead Awake' Reveals Real-Life Horror Of Having A Frozen Body But Awake Brain

SEPT 26 || MEDLINE PLUS
The Phenomenon of Sleep Paralysis

OCT 10 || LIVESCIENCE
The Demon on Your Chest and Other Terrifying Tales of Sleep Paralysis

OCT 12 || CBS LOCAL CHICAGO
Sleep Paralysis: ‘A Really Scary Experience’

OCT 13 || SBS
When a ghost creeps into your bed: Sleep paralysis

OCT 23 || FOX NEWS
BOO! Did you really see a ghost?

OCT 27 || CBS LOCAL PHILLY
How To Get Through Sleep Paralysis Disorder With Less Fear

OCT 29 || WTHR
Have you seen a ghost? There may be a medical reason


Sleep Talking


AUG 22 || THE SUN


Sleepwalking (also known as Somnambulism)

JUN 8 || DAILY MAIL
Girl, 16, falls 50ft to her death while SLEEPWALKING at her parents' apartment in Turkey

JUN 9 || SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
Sleepwalking Chinese woman falls out of window ... but escapes unhurt after landing on canopy

JUN 10 || MENS XP
This Is The Real Reason Why People Sleepwalk & It Can Be Really Dangerous

JUN 13 || IRISH MIRROR
Sky Sports presenter Rachel Wyse went sleepwalking in her underwear through Swedish Hotel

JUN 16 || BBC SPORTS
Injured canoeist Viktoria Schwarz misses Euros after sleepwalking off balcony

JUN 28 || GAZETTE LIVE
Do you sleepwalk? Police had to help naked man, woman in pyjamas and more last year

JUL 26 || MEDSCAPE
Sleepwalking: The Science, Cures, and Consequences

OCT 3 || THE SUN
Chronic sleepwalker spends her nights making cups of tea and getting ready for work in her SLEEP

OCT 13 || WZZM 13
Ambien users react to 13 Watchdog investigation of sleep driving defense (video)

OCT 15 || THE SATURDAY PAPER