Practice guide for The management of nightmare Disorders Nightmares are a common parasomnia that occurs mainly During rem sleep (paradoxical sleep) and at all ages. Recurrent nightmares, also known as nightmare disorder, Are considered a clinical entity and cause significant Suffering. Other parasomnias presenting dysphoric dreams Or fragments of dreams are to be distinguished from Nightmares and their management is different: they are Mainly night terror, hallucinations related to sleep and Rem...

This cross-sectional study was conducted among parents of children aged 5-12 years to determine the prevalence and pattern of co-sleeping among children,and sleep problems associated with it. Out of 275 children, 269 (97.8%) co-slept. Among co-sleepers, bed-sharers were 131 (48.7%) and room-sharers 138 (51.3%). Factors associated with bed-sharing were child's age and socio-economic status. Wake-up resistance and night terrors were more in bed-sharing children.

Healthy sleep is of utmost importance for growth, development, and overall health. Strong evidence shows that sleep is affected negatively in patients and particularly children with Tourette Disorder (TD). There is also a frequent association of TD with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) which alone has negative effects on sleep and cumulatively worsens the associated sleep findings. The most consistent polysomnographic findings in patients with TD is decreased total sleep time,...

CONCLUSION: Our study demonstrates that in chronic sleepwalkers, sleep mentation associated with somnambulistic episodes increases with age while episodes worsen in frequency and severity from childhood to adulthood. These findings add to the limited literature in the field and provide valuable insights into how key clinical characteristics of somnambulism evolve across the lifespan.