Kathy Sexton Radek
Elmhurst college, USA
Title: Assessment issues related to parasomnia and psychiatric diagnoses
Biography
Biography: Kathy Sexton Radek
Abstract
Following the structured sleep interview, administration of brief questionnaires (Epworth Sleepiness Scale) and the sleep specialist typically purses the gathering of information about the chief sleep complaint. Patients with varying levels of awareness into their parasomnia events may present incomplete information about the experiences. Th is circumstance is further complicated by a patient’s emotional wake day state. Th is presentation will underscore the need to follow-up the initial assessment with questions and perhaps a questionnaire to further investigate potential parasomnia conditions and psychiatric diagnoses that may infl uence the patient’s sleep quality. Two case studies and information about the utility of some measures will be presented.