Select three of the sleep disorders discussed in this chapter and discuss their primary symptoms as well as some ideas for how this condition would be treated by a clinician with expertise in sleep issues.

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

There are a variety of conditions that students may choose, but the sleep disorders covered include the following:Insomnia-difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep to get quality rest during the nightNarcolepsy-susceptible to sleep attacks where a person goes directly from a wakeful state to sleep. Can be very dangerous when accompanied by cataplexySleep apnea-marked by cessation of breathing as many as several hundreds of times per nightSIDS-sudden infant death syndrome, which is particularly dangerous to babies who stop breathing and die during sleepSleepwalking-traveling out of bed during sleep, but not acting out dream contentNightmares-frightening dreams that occur during an REM stageNight terrors-behavior during N3 sleep that can involve yelling, lashing out, and acting as if one is terrified. May or may not be associated with frightening dreamsREM behavior disorder-muscular paralysis that is typically associated with REM sleep does not occur, leaving a person to get out of bed and act out the content of their dreams