Sleep disorders

Question 1

Outline diffferent types of sleep disorders and briefly describe their management

Answer 1

• difficulty getting to sleep
  
  • ​toddlers
  • seperation anxiety (normal)
  • too much sleep in day
  • displaced sleep/wake cycle
  • overstimulated in evening
  • disturbances
  • bedroom = punishment
  • fear of darkness and silence- night light, story tapes
  • bedtime routine
• waking at night**​
• nightmares
• night terrors
  
  • nightmares occuring 1.5hrs after settling
  • disorientation, confusion, distress
  • parasomnia: disturbance of structure of sleep wherein very rapid emergence of first period of deep slow-wave sleep –> high arousal and confusion (sleep walking has similar origins)
  • keep environment safe
  • sleep routine
  • will decrease over time (natural course)