PSY 4327 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Stress Management, Restless Legs Syndrome, Dementia

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 4327
• Professor: Kathleen Biard

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Night terrors: happens in sws, first third of the night, sit up in bed, screaming or shouting. Eyes are wide open and expression is terrified. Rarely makes sense, cannot hear/understand people (person is asleep). Rare to see it in adults: same risks as sleepwalking, same treatment: sort out other issues or wait for them to grow out of it. Common in children, usually grow out of it (as with most sws dossorders) In the morning it"s called severe sleep inertia and can happen every day for years, causing problems i. e. sleeping through alarm clock: treatment in adults includes sleeping more, cutting out alcohol, sleeping pills, and antidepressants. Sleep related eating disorder: compulsive eating/drinking after waking in the night. Fast: may or may not be alert / remember it. Often become aggressive or violent if prevented: targets are usually high calorie food but can also be weird, inedible, or toxic substances.