Night terror
| Subclass of | sleep disorder  |
|---|---|
| Health specialty | psychiatry, psychology |
| NCI Thesaurus ID | C117287 |
Night terror, dem sanso call sleep terror, be a sleep disorder wey dey cause feelings of panic anaa dread den typically dey occur during de first hours of stage 3–4 non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep[1] den dey last for 1 to 10 minutes.[2] E fi last longer, especially insyd kiddies.[2] Sleep terror be classified insyd fe category of NREM-related parasomnias insyd de International Classification of Sleep Disorders.[3] Der be two oda categories: REM-related parasomnias den oda parasomnias.[3] Parasomnias be qualified as undesirable physical events anaa experiences wey dey occur during entry into sleep, during sleep, anaa during arousal from sleep.[4]
Sleep terrors usually dey begin insyd kiddie den usually dey decrease as age dey increase.[2] Factors wey fi lead to sleep terrors be young age, sleep deprivation, medications, stress, fever, den intrinsic sleep disorders.[5] De frequency den severity dey differ among individuals; de interval between episodes fi be as long as weeks den as short as minutes anaa hours.[6] As a result, any type of nocturnal attack anaa nightmare fi be confused plus den reported as a night terror.[7]
Night terrors dey tend to happen during periods of arousal from delta sleep, anaa slow-wave sleep.[7][8] Delta sleep dey occur most often during de first half of a sleep cycle, wich dey indicate say people plus more delta-sleep activity be more prone to night terrors. However, dem sanso fi occur during daytime naps.[6] Night terrors fi often be mistaken for confusional arousal.[8]
While nightmares (bad dreams during REM sleep wey dey cause feelings of horror anaa fear) be relatively common during kiddie time, night terrors dey occur less frequently.[9] De prevalence of sleep terrors in general be unknown.[2] De number of small kiddies wey dey experience sleep terror episodes (distinct from sleep terror disorder, wich be recurrent den dey cause distress anaa impairment[2]) be estimated at 36.9% at 18 months of age den at 19.7% at 30 months.[2] Insyd adults, de prevalence be lower, at 2.2%. per[2] Na dem know night terrors since ancient times, although na e be impossible to differentiate dem from nightmares til na dem study rapid eye movement.[7]
References
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 American Psychiatric Association (May 22, 2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.). American Psychiatric Association. doi:10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596. ISBN 978-0890425558.
- 1 2 Sateia, Michael J. (November 2014). "International Classification of Sleep Disorders-Third Edition". Chest. 146 (5): 1387–1394. doi:10.1378/chest.14-0970. PMID 25367475.
- ↑ Goldstein, Cathy A. (July 2011). "Parasomnias". Disease-a-Month. 57 (7): 364–388. doi:10.1016/j.disamonth.2011.04.007. PMID 21807161.
- ↑ Mason, T. B. A.; Pack, A. I. (2007). "Pediatric Parasomnias". Sleep. 30 (2): 141–151. doi:10.1093/sleep/30.2.141. PMID 17326539.
- 1 2 DSM-IV-TR: diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed.). American Psychiatric Press. 2000. ISBN 978-0-89042-025-6.
- 1 2 3 Szelenberger, Waldemar; Niemcewicz, Szymon; Dąbrowska, Anna Justyna (2009). "Sleepwalking and night terrors: Psychopathological and psychophysiological correlates". International Review of Psychiatry. 17 (4): 263–70. doi:10.1080/09540260500104573. PMID 16194798. S2CID 28776384.
- 1 2 Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Grønli, Janne; Pallesen, Ståle (2010). "Prevalence of different parasomnias in the general population". Sleep Medicine. 11 (10): 1031–4. doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2010.07.011. PMID 21093361.
- ↑ "Facts for Families No. 34: Children's Sleep Problems". AACAP.org. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Archived from the original on December 27, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2011.