Treatment options for disorders of arousal: A case series

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 623-625

  Attarian, Hrayr ^a   Zhu, Lirong ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonazepam; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Confusional arousal; Disorders of arousal; Parasomnia; Sertraline; Sleep terrors; Sleepwalking

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMITRIPTYLINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLOMIPRAMINE; CLONAZEPAM; MODAFINIL; SERTRALINE; TEMAZEPAM;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE STUDY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ICSD-2; INSOMNIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; NARCOLEPSY; PARASOMNIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; SLEEP; SLEEP AROUSAL DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP WALKING; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CHILD; CLONAZEPAM; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP AROUSAL DISORDERS;

EID: 84882302648     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2013.783579     Document Type: Article

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