Psychiatric comorbidities with sleep disorders — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Agoraphobia is associated with _____ disorder

Answer: panic

Flashcard 2: _____ hallucinations occur while waking from sleep; sometimes seen in narcolepsy

Answer: Hypnopompic

Flashcard 3: Both the elderly and depressed experience _____ slow wave sleep (stage N3)

Answer: decreased

Flashcard 4: _____ disorder meets criteria for schizophrenia in addition to major mood disorder (major depressive or bipolar)

Answer: Schizoaffective

Flashcard 5: Both the elderly and depressed experience _____ early awakenings (terminal insomnia)

Answer: increased

Flashcard 6: _____ disorder is defined by the presence of a hypomanic and a depressive episode

Answer: Bipolar II

Flashcard 7: What is the primary neurotransmitter that inhibits REM sleep?

Answer: norepinephrine (NE)

Flashcard 8: What sleep changes are common in the elderly?

Answer: less REM and slow-wave sleep more latency and awakenings

Flashcard 9: stage N3

Answer: deep sleep, sleepwalking, night terrors, bedwetting

Extra: delta waves

Flashcard 10: REM

Answer: dreaming, loss of motor tone, high brain activity

Extra: beta waves (like being fully awake)