Educational Resources to Support Patients with Parasomnias

Courtney D Molina; Adreanne Rivera; Alon Y Avidan

doi:10.1016/j.jsmc.2023.12.002

Educational Resources to Support Patients with Parasomnias

Sleep Med Clin. 2024 Mar;19(1):199-210. doi: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2023.12.002. Epub 2024 Jan 16.

Authors

Courtney D Molina¹, Adreanne Rivera², Alon Y Avidan³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, UCLA, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 710 Westwood Boulevard, RNRC, C153, Mail Code 176919, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769, USA.
² UCLA Clinical Translational Science Institute, 10911 Weyburn Avenue 3rd Road Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
³ Department of Neurology, UCLA, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 710 Westwood Boulevard, RNRC, C153, Mail Code 176919, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769, USA. Electronic address: avidan@mednet.ucla.edu.

PMID: 38368066
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2023.12.002

Abstract

This article serves to help reduce patient burden in searching for credible information about parasomnias-abnormal behaviors during sleep-including sleepwalking, night terrors, and rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder. It exhibits a compiled list of accessible online resources about parasomnias as well as detailed descriptions about each resource. By increasing patient accessibility to clinically validated resources, patients are more empowered to take an active role in managing their conditions, collaborating with their health-care practitioners in clinical management, enrolling in registries, and joining newsletters sponsored by these resources.

Keywords: Alpha-synucleinopathy; Dream enactment behavior; Neurodegeneration; Parasomnia; Parkinson disease; REM sleep behavior disorder.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Parasomnias* / diagnosis
Parasomnias* / therapy
REM Sleep Behavior Disorder*
Sleep