[Definitions and clinical classifications of sleep disorders]

Nihon Rinsho. 2012 Jul;70(7):1150-4.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Sleep disorders are defined as disorders which symptoms or pathophysiology are related with sleep regardless of comorbid physical and/or mental disorders. Sleep disorders are classified into 6 major categories: sleep related breathing disorders which exhibit abnormal breathing during sleep, sleep related movement disorders which show involuntary movements and/or abnormal sensations during sleep and/or nighttime, hypersomnia of central origin not due to other sleep disorders, circadian rhythm sleep disorders due to desynchronization between sleep-wake pattern and required social schedule, parasomnia which exhibit abnormal behavior during sleep and/or around sleep, and insomnia not due to other sleep disorders.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Circadian Rhythm / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Life Style
  • Movement Disorders / complications
  • Movement Disorders / physiopathology
  • Respiration
  • Sleep Wake Disorders / classification
  • Sleep Wake Disorders / diagnosis
  • Sleep Wake Disorders / etiology*