Section I - OVERVIEW

1. Introduction

Sanjeev V. Kothare and Anna Ivanenko

1. Pathophysiology of Parasomnias

Suresh Kotagal

1. Classification of Parasomnias

Erick N. Viorritto and Aatif M. Husain

1. Diagnosing Parasomnias

Madeleine M. Grigg-Damberger and Frank M. Ralls

Section II - CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AROUSAL DISORDERS

1. Sleepwalking and Its Variants in Adults

Frank M. Ralls and Madeleine M. Grigg-Damberger

1. Sleepwalking in Children and Adolescents

Ravindra Arya and Sejal V. Jain

1. Sleep Terrors and Confusional Arousals in Adults

Milena Pavlova and Myriam Abdennadher

1. Sleep Terrors and Confusional Arousals in Children and Adolescents

Sejal V. Jain

Section III - CLINICAL CHARACTERSITICS OF SLEEP-WAKE TRANSITION DISORDERS

1. Sleep Starts and Sleep Talking

Shelly K. Weiss

Section IV- CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS

1. Physiology and Content of Dreams

Ujjwal P. Ramtekkar, Anna Ivanenko, and Sanjeev V. Kothare

1. Nightmare Disorders in Adults

Antonio Zadra and Barry Krakow

1. Nightmare Disorders in Children

Sriram Ramgopal, Marcin Zarowski, and Sanjeev V. Kothare

1. Recurrent Isolated Sleep Paralysis (RISP)

Sricharan Moturi and Poojitha Matta

1. Sleep-related Hallucinations

Anna Ivanenko and Sachin Relia

1. REM Behavior Disorder in Adults

Sujay Kansagra and Bradley V. Vaughn

1. REM Behavior Disorder in Children

Sriram Ramgopal, Marcin Zarowski, and Sanjeev V. Kothare

Section V - OTHER PARASOMNIAS

1. Nocturnal Paroxysmal Dystonia

Joseph Kaleyias, Ruchi Arora, and Sanjeev V. Kothare

1. Sleep Related Dissociative Disorders

Keith R. Warren

1. Sleep Bruxism

Umakanth Khatwa and Sanjeev V. Kothare

1. Nocturnal Enuresis

Ronald E. Becker

1. Sleep Related Eating Disorders: A Separate Entity or Part of the NES Clinical Spectrum?

Orna Tzischinsky, Pierguiseppe Vinai, Michael J. Howell and Yael Latzer

1. Parasomnia Overlap Disorders

Thomas Freedom

Section VI - NEUROLOGICAL, PSYCHIATRIC AND MEDICAL DISORDERS PRESENTING AS PARASOMNIAS

Kiran Maski and Smit S. Chauhan

1. Psychiatric Disorders Presenting with Parasomnias

Robert A. Kowatch

1. Medical Disorders Presenting with Parasomnias

Ramadevi Gourineni and Lisa Wolfe


About the Author: Sanjeev V. Kothare, MD is an Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical school, Boston, MA. He is also the Fellowship Director and Interim Medical Director, Sleep Center for Children, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Chair of Childhood Sleep Disorders Development Steering Committee, American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Anna Ivanenko, MD, PhD is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.