OBJECTIVES Bipolar disorder is an illness characterized by sleep and circadian disturbance, and monitoring sleep in this population may signal an impending mood change. Actigraphy is an important clinical and research tool for examining sleep, but has not yet been systematically compared to polysomnography or sleep diary in bipolar disorder. The present study compares actigraphy, polysomnograph...

(Section numbers run consecutively through Parts I and II) 9.0 Introduction 10.0 CRSDs and Molecular Genetics 11.0 Advanced Sleep Phase Disorder (ASPD) 11.1 Diagnostic Issues 11.2 Risk Factors 11.2.1 Age 11.2.2 Gender 11.2.3 Light Exposure 11.3 Assessment Tools 11.3.1 Sleep Logs and Actigraphy 11.3.2 Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ) 11.3.3 Polysomnography (PSG) 11.3.4 Phase Markers 1...

Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder and GBA mutations are both associated with Parkinson's disease. The GBA gene was sequenced in idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder patients (n = 265), and compared to controls (n = 2240). Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder questionnaire was performed in an independent Parkinson's disease cohort (n = 120). GBA mutations carriers...

This study sought to: (1) compare actigraphy-derived estimated sleep variables to the same variables based on the gold-standard of sleep assessment, polysomnography; (2) examine whether the correlations between the measures differ between children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and typically developing children; and (3) determine whether these correlations are altered when childr...

background: one of the common problems in menopausal women is sleep disorder. traditional chinese acupressure is a noninvasive and safe technique. menopausal women can easily learn the technique and a self-care method to manage their sleep disorder. this study was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of acupressure on sleep quality of postmenopausal women in mashhad during 2009. methods: t...

OBJECTIVE To describe characteristics of REM sleep behavior disorder in Wilson's disease. METHOD Questionnaire-based interviews (patients and relatives), neurological examinations, two-week prospective dream-diary, video-polysomnography, transcranial sonography, MRI. RESULTS Four Wilson's disease cases with REM sleep behavior disorder were described; three had REM sleep behavior disorder as...

Perfectionism, anxiety sensitivity and sleep disturbance are among the main causes of generalizing anxiety disorder. This study aims to compare perfectionism, anxiety sensitivity and sleep disturbance between patients with generalizing anxiety disorder (GAD) and control group. The present study was a cross-sectional and ex-post facto investigation (causal comparative method). Statistical univer...

Sleep disturbances-particularly insomnia - are highly prevalent in anxiety disorders and complaints such as insomnia or nightmares have even been incorporated in some anxiety disorder definitions, such as generalized anxiety disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder. In the first part of this review, the relationship between sleep and anxiety is discussed in terms of adaptive response to stres...