Write brief vignettes or case studies of three different individuals, each suffering from a different sleep disturbance. Include demographic information where relevant.
What will be an ideal response?
Students' answers may vary.
The answer should resemble the following: Case study 1: Sleep apnea. Arthur is always extremely fatigued during the day. Observation in a sleep lab reveals that Arthur sleeps fitfully, waking up several hundred times during the night, as he appears to have trouble breathing while asleep.
Case study 2: Night terrors. Bethany is a 5-year-old child. Occasionally, she wakes up in the middle of the night in an apparent state of sheer panic, although she cannot say why, indicating that these episodes do not occur during REM sleep. She usually settles back to sleep quite easily following one of these episodes.
Case study 3: Narcolepsy. Mr. Cohen suddenly falls asleep for brief periods in the middle of the day, during virtually any of his customary activities-at work, while gardening, during exercise, and so on. He appears to fall directly into REM sleep during these episodes. A family history indicates that an uncle and a grandparent experienced similar symptoms.
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