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Chapter 21 - Sleep-related eating disorder

from Section 4 - Other parasomnias

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2010

By
John W. Winkelman
Edited by
Michael J. Thorpy  and
Giuseppe Plazzi
Michael J. Thorpy
Affiliation:
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
Giuseppe Plazzi
Affiliation:
Università di Bologna
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Summary

This chapter reviews clinical disorders in which the daily pattern of food intake is dysregulated such that eating occurs at night during sleep period. It presents the characteristics, diagnosis, demographics, consequences, physiology and treatment of sleep-related eating disorders. The chapter also provides brief reference to differential diagnosis with night-eating syndrome (NES). It also describes the associations of SRED with other disorders, including sleep disorders, mood disorders and eating disorders. Polysomnographic (PSG) studies of patients with SRED demonstrate high prevalence of concurrent sleep disorders. Treatments that are employed to manage daytime eating disorders may be beneficial in controlling night-time eating episodes. Pharmacologic treatments for SRED (and NES) are either derived from effective therapeutics in related disorders (e.g. bulimia nervosa or somnambulism) or those useful in disorders which are commonly comorbid with nocturnal eating disorders (e.g. restless legs syndrome (RLS)).

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genetic componenthypnosisparasomniassleepwalkingsleep laboratory investigationsserotonergic systemspolysomnographic characteristicspsychopathologysomnambulism
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The Parasomnias and Other Sleep-Related Movement Disorders , pp. 202 - 210
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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