Parasomnia

(noun)

Category of sleep disorders that involve abnormal movements, behaviors, emotions, perceptions, and dreams that occur during sleep.

Related Terms

Examples of Parasomnia in the following topics:

  • Sleep-Wake Disorders

    • ., narcolepsy, a breathing-related sleep disorder, a circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorder, a parasomnia).
    • Parasomnias are a category of sleep disorders that involve abnormal movements, behaviors, emotions, perceptions, and dreams that occur while falling asleep, while sleeping, while between sleep stages, or during arousal from sleep.
    • Most parasomnias are due to partial arousal during the transitions between wakefulness and non-rapid-eye-movement (N-REM) sleep or between wakefulness and rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep.

  • Stages of Sleep

    • This is the stage in which different forms of parasomnia, such as night terrors, nocturnal enuresis, sleepwalking, and somniloquy (sleep talking) typically occur.