Sleep Disorders

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"Sleep Disorders" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Conditions characterized by disturbances of usual sleep patterns or behaviors. Sleep disorders may be divided into three major categories: DYSSOMNIAS (i.e. disorders characterized by insomnia or hypersomnia), PARASOMNIAS (abnormal sleep behaviors), and sleep disorders secondary to medical or psychiatric disorders. (From Thorpy, Sleep Disorders Medicine, 1994, p187)

Descriptor ID	D012893
MeSH Number(s)	C10.886 C23.888.592.796 F03.870
Concept/Terms	Sleep Disorders Sleep Disorders Subwakefullness Syndrome Subwakefullness Syndrome Subwakefullness Syndromes Syndrome, Subwakefullness Syndromes, Subwakefullness Sleep-Related Neurogenic Tachypnea Sleep-Related Neurogenic Tachypnea Neurogenic Tachypnea, Sleep-Related Neurogenic Tachypneas, Sleep-Related Sleep Related Neurogenic Tachypnea Sleep-Related Neurogenic Tachypneas Tachypnea, Sleep-Related Neurogenic Tachypneas, Sleep-Related Neurogenic Long Sleeper Syndrome Long Sleeper Syndrome Long Sleeper Syndromes Syndrome, Long Sleeper Syndromes, Long Sleeper Short Sleeper Syndrome Short Sleeper Syndrome Short Sleeper Syndromes Syndrome, Short Sleeper Syndromes, Short Sleeper Short Sleep Phenotype Phenotype, Short Sleep Phenotypes, Short Sleep Short Sleep Phenotypes

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Sleep Disorders".

Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Sleep Disorders [C10.886]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Signs and Symptoms [C23.888]
Neurologic Manifestations [C23.888.592]
Sleep Disorders [C23.888.592.796]
Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Mental Disorders [F03]
Sleep Disorders [F03.870]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Sleep Disorders".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Sleep Disorders".

Sleep Disorders
Dyssomnias
Parasomnias

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