BookMeeta Goswami, S.R. Pandi-Perumal, Michael J. Thorpy, editors.
Contents:
Section I
Etiology
1. The Genetics of Narcolepsy
2. Orexin (Hypocretin) and Narcolepsy
3. Precipitants of Narcolepsy: Vaccines and Infections
Section II
Clinical Considerations
4. Epidemiology of Narcolepsy
5. Diagnostic Criteria and Delay in Diagnosis of Narcolepsy
6. Narcolepsy in Childhood
7. Narcolepsy in the Older Adult
8. Hypnagogic Hallucinations and Sleep Paralysis
9. Symptomatic Narcolepsy or Hypersomnia, with and without Hypocretin (Orexin) Deficiency
10. Hypersomnias Other than Narcolepsy: Differential Diagnosis
11. Narcolepsy and Other Comorbid Medical Illnesses
12. Sleep Disorders Comorbidities in Narcolepsy and their Management
13. Neuroimaging of Narcolepsy
Section III
Psychosocial Considerations
14. Quality of Life and Psychosocial Issues in Narcolepsy: Implications for Management
15. Narcolepsy, Intimacy and Sexuality
16. Memory and Cognition in Narcolepsy
17. Psychoanalysis and Narcolepsy
18. Dreaming in Narcolepsy
19. Narcolepsy and Mental Illness
20. Narcolepsy, Driving and Traffic Safety
Section IV
Management
21. Overview of Management of Narcolepsy
22. Modes of Action of Drugs Related to Narcolepsy: Pharmacology of Wake-Promoting Compounds and Anticataplectics
23. Modafinil/Armodafinil in the Treatment of Narcolepsy
24. Sodium Oxybate in the Treatment of Narcolepsy
25. Pregnancy and Anaesthesia in Narcolepsy
26. Emerging Treatments for Narcolepsy
27. Behavioral and Non-Pharmacological Management of Narcolepsy
Section V
Health Care Delivery and Medico-Legal Considerations
28. Narcolepsy and Developmental Disability
29. Succeeding in School and in the Workplace with Narcolepsy
30. Medico-Legal Aspects of Disability in Narcolepsy
31. The Affordable Care Act and the Future of Sleep Medicine.