NARCOLEPSY

a sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and recurring unwanted episodes of sleep ("sleep attacks"). People with narcolepsy may abruptly fall asleep at almost any time, including while talking, eating, or even walking. The attacks may range from embarrassing or inconvenient to severely disabling, interfering with a person's daily life. An estimated 125,000–250,000 people in the United States have narcolepsy; it occurs about equally in males and females.

Most people with narcolepsy also experience cataplexy, sudden muscular weakness without loss of consciousness, which usually accompanies laughter or anger. Other symptoms, occurring just after falling asleep or upon awakening, include sleep paralysis (a feeling that one cannot move) and vivid hallucinations.

The cause of narcolepsy is not known with certainty, and there is no cure. Treatment, including regular planned naps and the use of stimulant drugs (e.g., amphetamines) plus antidepressants for cataplexy, can help to control its symptoms.

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books on: Narcolepsy  - 256 results

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Advances and New Directions
Book by Silvano Arieti, H. Keith H. Brodie; Basic Books, 1981
Subjects: Psychiatry
...their lives. 17 Recognition of the narcolepsy syndrome has important psychiatric implications...administration of stimulant drugs when treating narcolepsy are of special interest to psychiatrists...thirty minutes. In milder forms of narcolepsy, sleep attacks are precipitated by...
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Handbook of Clinical Child Psychology
Book by C. Eugene Walker, Michael C. Roberts; John Wiley & Sons, 2001
Subjects: Clinical Child Psychology--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc
Narcolepsy is not a form of epilepsy. There are...sleep. Because, at the present time, narcolepsy is not curable, clinicians should not...lightly. An incorrect diagnosis of narcolepsy may prevent further evaluation that...
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A Woman's Guide to Sleep Disorders
Book by Meir H. Kryger; McGraw-Hill, 2004
Subjects: Insomnia, Sleep Disorders--Treatment, Women--Health And Hygiene
...may not realize that the person with narcolepsy who has just collapsed is actually conscious...is going on around her. Animals with narcolepsy (the Doberman pinscher is a breed with...thousands of women who are plagued with it, narcolepsy is anything but a joke. Diagnosis One...
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Burnout in Blue: Managing the Police Marginal Performer
Book by Hillary M. Robinette; Praeger, 1987
Subjects: Police Administration--United States, Police--United States--Job Stress, Problem Employees--United States
...sleep paralysis, and hallucinations. Narcolepsy symptoms vary from person to person...physician. Medications used to treat narcolepsy usually have some undesirable side effects...habits are important for the patient with narcolepsy. Bedtimes should be regular, and nighttime...
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Sleep Disorders: Diagnosis, Management and Treatment : a Handbook for Clinicians
Book by Peretz Lavie, Giora Pillar, Atul Malhotra; Martin Dunitz, 2002
Subjects: Sleep Disorders--Diagnosis, Sleep Disorders--Treatment, Sleep--Physiological Aspects
...Clin Therapeutics 1996; 18:562-76. Narcolepsy Choo KL, Guilleminault C. Narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnolence. Clin Chest...19:169-81. Dement WC. The history of narcolepsy and other sleep disorders. J Hist Neurosci...
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journal articles on: Narcolepsy  - 73 results

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Recognize "Sleepy" Workers by Asking the Right Questions Early in the Rehabilitation Process
Journal article by Robert W. Clark; The Journal of Rehabilitation, Vol. 55, 1989
Subjects: Narcolepsy--Diagnosis, Rehabilitation--Management, Sleep apnea syndromes--Diagnosis, Sleep apnea--Diagnosis
...approximately one out of every fifty adult men. Narcolepsy, an often inherited disorder that appears...in severe sleepiness without classic narcolepsy. A variety of other physical causes...impairment experienced by this group. Narcolepsy has been most thoroughly studied in...
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A Case Study of Insomnia-More Than Meets the Eye
Journal article by David Bresch, Jarrett Barnhill; Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities, Vol. 10, 2007
...sic) patient," his use of the term narcolepsy was premature. The sine qua non of narcolepsy is cataplexy. In the absence of cataplexy...the MSLT and cataplexy, the diagnosis narcolepsy is truly meaningless and such a condition...
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The Interplay of Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience in Sleep-wake Transitional States1
Journal article by David L. Goldman; Canadian Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 17, 2009
Subjects: Mathematical models, Mortality, Nonlinear systems, Psychoanalysis, Sexual behavior, Sleep deprivation, Sleep disorders
...wake dyscontrol syndrome known as narcolepsy. Psychoanalysts commonly see tired...transition between waking and sleeping. Narcolepsy, the prototypical sleep disorder of...sleep medicine, that understanding narcolepsy - a biologically based sleep disorder...
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Pediatric Sleep Disorders: Validation of the Sleep Disorders Inventory for Students
Journal article by Marsha Luginbuehl, Kathy L. Bradley-Klug, John Ferron, W. Mcdowell Anderson, Selim R. Benbadis; School Psychology Review, Vol. 37, 2008
Subjects: Academic achievement--Research, Childhood sleep disorders--Diagnosis, Mental health--Research, Psychological tests--Methods, School psychology--Research, Sleep disorders in children--Diagnosis
...obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), narcolepsy (NARC), periodic limb movement disorder...Gozal, 2004; Johnson Roth, 2006). Narcolepsy (NARC) NARC may exist when an individual...excessive daytime <br/ sleepiness/narcolepsy; PLMD/RLS = periodic limb movement...
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The Sleep Knowledge of Pediatricians and Child Neuropsychiatrists
Journal article by Oliviero Bruni, Cristiano Violani, Anna Luchetti, Silvia Miano; Sleep and Hypnosis, Vol. 6, 2004
...of specific sleep disorders such as narcolepsy and parasomnias (6). More recently...sleep apnea (questions 17-21), narcolepsy (questions 22-26) and miscellanea...PED scored better than ChNP) and narcolepsy (ChNP scored better than PED). Both...
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Xyrem Approved for Muscle Problems in Narcolepsy
Magazine article; FDA Consumer, Vol. 36, September 2002
Subjects: Cataplexy--Drug therapy, Gamma hydroxybutyrate--Laws, regulations and rules, Gamma-hydroxybutyrate--Laws, regulations and rules, Narcolepsy, Xyrem (Medication)--Laws, regulations and rules
...Xyrem Approved for Muscle Problems in Narcolepsy. The FDA recently approved Xyrem...treating a small population of people with narcolepsy who experience episodes of cataplexy...dependence and severe withdrawal symptoms. Narcolepsy affects about 120,000 people in the...
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Turning out the Pockets for Narcolepsy and Diabetes
Magazine article by A. Nicola Schweitzer; The Scientist, Vol. 18, March 15, 2004
Turning out the Pockets for Narcolepsy and Diabetes by A. Nicola Schweitzer...DQ0602, confers susceptibility to narcolepsy but prevents development of type...1 diabetes and protect against narcolepsy.1 They have identified unique...
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In the Arms of Morpheus
Magazine article by Norbert R. Myslinski; World and I, Vol. 15, December 2000
Subjects: Hypothalamus--Physiological aspects, Mignot, Emmanuel--Research, Narcolepsy--Causes of, Sleep--Physiological aspects, Stanford University. School of Medicine--Research, University of Texas (Dallas) Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas, Texas)--Research, Yanagisawa, Masashi--Research
...attacks are the hallmark symptom of narcolepsy, which is sleepiness to an extreme...the regulation of sleep. This makes narcolepsy similar to other neural degenerative...as Parkinsons or Alzheimers disease. Narcolepsy is one of the rarer, more dramatic...
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House Call
Magazine article; Ebony, Vol. 54, March 1999
Subjects: Cold (Disease)--Drug therapy, Influenza--Drug therapy, Metabolic regulation--Technique, Narcolepsy--Diagnosis, Ovarian cancer--Risk factors, Toxic shock syndrome--Causes of
...appears that your husband is suffering from a condition called narcolepsy, a recurring and debilitating neurological disease that affects...problem with his physician, who can determine if his problem is narcolepsy or another condition called sleep apnea. TOXIC-SHOCK SYNDROME...
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Tracing Workplace Problems to Hidden Disorders
Magazine article by Peggy Stuart; Personnel Journal, Vol. 71, June 1992
Subjects: Disability, Effects, Employee problems, Human resource management, Medical procedures, Neurological disorders, Productivity, Recommendations, United States
...relating to an unreasonable fear 4) NARCOLEPSY: uncontrollable sleepiness, even after...also may be helped by a support group. NARCOLEPSY. Jeremy is not moonlighting, you find...helped. He doesnt know it, but he has narcolepsy. Medication and a support group can...
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Swine Flu Jab to Carry Warning of Narcolepsy; EMA Ruling Welcomed by Parents of Affected Children
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 16, 2011
Subjects: Narcolepsy, Swine influenza, Vaccination, Vaccines
Swine Flu Jab to Carry Warning of Narcolepsy; EMA Ruling Welcomed by Parents of...its suspected links to sleep disorder narcolepsy in children. The European Medicines...vaccine was given, have been confirmed as narcolepsy. One of those cases is understood to...
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Narcolepsy (Excessive Sleep)
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 25, 2007
Subjects: Narcolepsy, Sleep
Narcolepsy (Excessive Sleep). Byline: Dr. Gary S. Sy NARCOLEPSY is a chronic disorder affecting the brain where regulation of sleep and wakefulness take place. Narcolepsy can be thought of as an intrusion of dreaming sleep...
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Narcolepsy; (Excessive Sleep)
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, January 17, 2007
Subjects: Narcolepsy, Sleep
Narcolepsy; (Excessive Sleep). Byline: Dr. Gary S. Sy NARCOLEPSY is a chronic disorder affecting the brain where regulation of sleep and wakefulness take place. Narcolepsy can be thought of as an infusion of dreaming sleep...
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Probe into Swine Flu Jab after 60 Narcolepsy Cases in Finland
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 4, 2011
Subjects: Narcolepsy--Investigations, Swine influenza--Investigations, Vaccination--Investigations, Vaccines--Investigations
Probe into Swine Flu Jab after 60 Narcolepsy Cases in Finland. THE makers of Pandemrix...suspected links between the vaccine and narcolepsy. The company insists it is premature...August following a rise in cases of narcolepsy in Finland and Sweden. Around 60 children...
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Narcolepsy Cases Just the 'Tip of the Iceberg'
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 19, 2011
Subjects: Narcolepsy
Narcolepsy Cases Just the Tip of the Iceberg...be diagnosed with the sleep disorder narcolepsy that is believed to be linked to the...children aged six to 18 who developed narcolepsy after having the vaccine in late 2009...
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encyclopedia articles on: Narcolepsy  - 3 results

 
 
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Narcolepsy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NARCOLEPSY a sleep disorder characterized by excessive...sleep attacks"). People with narcolepsy may abruptly fall asleep at almost any...000 people in the United States have narcolepsy; it occurs about equally in males and...
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Sleep
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...thalamus of the brain initiate sleep and that part of the midbrain acts as an arousal system. See also dream ; insomnia ; narcolepsy ; sleep apnea . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission...
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Amphetamine
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Prescription amphetamines have been used for short periods of time in weight-control programs to suppress appetite and to treat narcolepsy. They were used as vasoconstrictors in inhalant therapy to shrink nasal mucous membranes in such conditions as nasal allergies...


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