title: Selected sleep disorders: restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder, sleep apnea syndrome, and narcolepsy.
abstract: Sleep disorders, including restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder, sleep apnea syndrome, and narcolepsy, are prevalent medical conditions, likely to be seen by practicing psychiatrists. Awareness of these conditions and their presentations, pathophysiology, and treatment allows psychiatrists to treat these conditions where appropriate, to minimize complications and health consequences associated with delayed diagnosis, and to reduce the burden of disease that these conditions may place on patients already experiencing primary psychiatric disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA. merman@scripps.edu
authors.forename: Milton K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Erman
mesh_terms: D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure / Q000379:methods; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000379:methods; D015802:HLA-DR2 Antigen / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D009290:Narcolepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D020189:Nocturnal Myoclonus Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017286:Polysomnography; D012148:Restless Legs Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015802:HLA-DR2 Antigen