ALLMedicine™ Sleep Terrors Center

Jun 11th, 2022 - While sleep terrors are associated with emotional-behavioral problems in school-aged children and adults, little is known about these associations in early childhood, when sleep terror prevalence is at its highest. Moreover, studies using a longit...

May 17th, 2022 - Sleep wake disorders are prevalent and impactful conditions often poorly assessed and sub-optimally treated in the clinical setting. Undiagnosed sleep disorders can masquerade as mental health conditions and worsen the outcomes associated with the...

Apr 14th, 2022 - History The best time to investigate and discuss enuresis is when the parent or patient first raises the issue in the physician’s office. However, the best time to treat the behavior might depend more on the motivation of the child and the degree ...

Apr 8th, 2022 - Disorders of arousal (DOA) is an umbrella term initially covering classical sleepwalking, sleep terrors, and confusional arousals, and now including a wider spectrum of specialised forms of non rapid eye movement (non REM) parasomnias such as sexs...

Mar 7th, 2022 - As many as 90% of Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) report nightmares and insomnia and even when nightmares are excluded, sleep disturbances are the most prevalent symptoms of PTSD with roughly 50%-70% of patients suffering from c...

May 17th, 2022 - Sleep wake disorders are prevalent and impactful conditions often poorly assessed and sub-optimally treated in the clinical setting. Undiagnosed sleep disorders can masquerade as mental health conditions and worsen the outcomes associated with the...

Mar 7th, 2022 - As many as 90% of Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) report nightmares and insomnia and even when nightmares are excluded, sleep disturbances are the most prevalent symptoms of PTSD with roughly 50%-70% of patients suffering from c...

Nov 17th, 2020 - Primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis (PMNE) is defined by the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM- IV) as an involuntary voiding of urine during sleep, with a severity of at least twice a week, in children aged >5 years ...

Jun 11th, 2018 - Non Rapid Eye Movement (NREM) sleep parasomnias (sleepwalking and sleep terrors) are frequent and disabling sleep disorders characterized by arousal specifically from slow wave sleep (SWS) with dissociated brain activity that may be related to low...

May 23rd, 2017 - PTSD affects both daytime functioning and sleep. Complaints of poor sleep, objective disruption of sleep, and heightened sympathovagal tone during sleep occurring early after trauma exposure increase the risk of developing PTSD up to one year late...

Sep 23rd, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. To say that the world of children has been turned upside down by the pandemic is an understatement. Anecdotally, there has been a significant incr...

Sep 23rd, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. To say that the world of children has been turned upside down by the pandemic is an understatement. Anecdotally, there has been a significant incr...

Oct 21st, 2014 - Although most commonly seen in children, sleep terrors and nightmares can haunt individuals at any age. Psychological stress, general anxiety, illness, medications, or other disorders can manifest as these terrifying sleep interruptions. Are you p...

Oct 21st, 2014 - Although sleep terrors (also known as night terrors or pavor nocturnus) are more common in children aged 3-12 years, they occur in adults as well. Sleep terrors are a specific sleep disruption most remarkable for their intensity and frantic appear...

Oct 21st, 2014 - Dreaming and nightmares occur during REM sleep, and they are more frequent in the second half of the night. Nightmares are often confused with sleep terrors, which are episodes of extreme panic and confusion associated with vocalization, movement,...