Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 45-54, February 2002

Circadian rhythm sleep disorders (CRSD)

  • Yaron Dagan

      Affiliations

    • Correspondence should be addressed to: Y. Dagan, Institute for Fatigue and Sleep Medicine, “Sheba” Medical Center, Fax: 972-3-5349368. E-mail: ydagan@post.tau.ac.il

Institute for Fatigue and Sleep Medicine, “Sheba” Medical Center, Affiliated to “Sackler” Medical School, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Abstract 

Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders (CRSD) are a group of sleep disorders characterized by a malsynchronization between a person's biological clock and the environmental 24-h schedule. These disorders can lead to harmful psychological and functional difficulties and are often misdiagnosed and incorrectly treated due to the fact that doctors are unaware of their existence. In the following review we describe the characteristics of CRSD, diagnosis, treatment as well as their relationship to psychopathology, psychotropic drugs and head trauma.

Keywords: CRSD, DSPS, ASPS, non-24-h CRSD, melatonin, head trauma, haloperidol, SSRI, fluvoxamin, actigraph, sleep disorders

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PII: S1087-0792(01)90190-X

doi:10.1053/smrv.2001.0190

Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 45-54, February 2002

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