Dyssomnias

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Is a:
  • Disease or Syndrome
  • Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Definition:
A broad category of sleep disorders characterized by either hypersomnolence or insomnia. The three major subcategories include intrinsic (i.e., arising from within the body) (sleep disorders, intrinsic), extrinsic (secondary to environmental conditions or various pathologic conditions), and disturbances of circadian rhythm. (From Thorpy, Sleep Disorders Medicine, 1994, p187)
Synonyms:
  • Adjustment Sleep Disorder
  • Adjustment Sleep Disorders
  • Dyssomnia
  • Eating-Drinking Syndrome, Nocturnal
  • Eating-Drinking Syndromes, Nocturnal
  • Environmental Sleep Disorder
  • Environmental Sleep Disorders
  • Extrinsic Sleep Disorder
  • Extrinsic Sleep Disorders
  • Inadequate Sleep Hygiene
  • Limit Setting Sleep Disorder
  • Limit-Setting Sleep Disorder
  • Limit-Setting Sleep Disorders
  • Nocturnal Eating Drinking Syndrome
  • Nocturnal Eating-Drinking Syndrome
  • Nocturnal Eating-Drinking Syndromes
  • Sleep Disorder, Adjustment
  • Sleep Disorder, Environmental
  • Sleep Disorder, Extrinsic
  • Sleep Disorder, Limit Setting
  • Sleep Disorder, Limit-Setting
  • Sleep Disorders, Adjustment
  • Sleep Disorders, Environmental
  • Sleep Disorders, Extrinsic
  • Sleep Disorders, Limit-Setting
  • Sleep Hygiene, Inadequate
  • Syndrome, Nocturnal Eating-Drinking
  • Syndromes, Nocturnal Eating-Drinking
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