• Dtsch Arztebl Int · Oct 2019

    Review

    Sleep-Related Disorders in Neurology and Psychiatry.

    • Jan Rémi, Thomas Pollmächer, Kai Spiegelhalder, Claudia Trenkwalder, and Peter Young.
    • Department of Neurology, Medical Center of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (LMU), Germany; Center of Mental Health, Klinikum Ingolstadt, Germany; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Germany; Center of Parkinsonism and Movement Disorders, Paracelsus-Elena Hospital, Kassel, Germany and Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany; Specialized Clinic for Therapies in Neurology, Medical Park Reithofpark, Bad Feilnbach, Germany.
    • Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2019 Oct 11; 116 (41): 681688681-688.

    BackgroundSleep-related disorders are a group of illnesses with marked effects on patients' quality of life and functional ability. Their diagnosis and treatment is a matter of common interest to multiple medical disciplines.MethodsThis review is based on relevant publications retrieved by a selective search in PubMed (Medline) and on the guide- lines of the German Society for Sleep Medicine, the German Neurological Society, and the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.ResultsA pragmatic classification of sleep disorders by their three chief complaints-insomnia, daytime somnolence, and sleep-associated motor phenomena-enables tentative diagnoses that are often highly accurate. Some of these disorders can be treated by primary care physicians, while others call for referral to a neurologist or psychiatrist with special experience in sleep medicine. For patients suffering from insomnia as a primary sleep disorder, rather than a symptom of another disease, meta-analyses have shown the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy, with high average effect sizes. These patients, like those suffering from secondary sleep disorders, can also benefit from drug treatment for a limited time. Studies have shown marked improvement of sleep latency and sleep duration from short-term treatment with benzodiazepines and Z-drugs (non- benzodiazepine agonists such as zolpidem and zopiclone), but not without a risk of tolerance and dependence. For sleep disorders with the other two main manifestations, specific drug therapy has been found to be beneficial.ConclusionSleep disorders in neurology and psychiatry are a heterogeneous group of disorders with diverse manifestations. Their proper diagnosis and treatment can help prevent secondary diseases and the worsening of concomitant conditions. Care structures for the treatment of sleep disorders should be further developed.

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