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Diagnosis information
Core diagnostic criteria, specifiers, differential considerations, and documentation support in one open, scan-friendly view.
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Core criterion A
Recurrent episodes of incomplete awakening from sleep, usually occurring during the first third of the major sleep episode, accompanied by either sleepwalking (complex behaviour without full consciousness) or sleep terrors (abrupt awakenings with intense fear/autonomic arousal; difficult to console)
Core criterion B
No or little dream imagery recalled
Core criterion C
Amnesia for the episodes
Core criterion D
Episodes cause clinically significant distress or impairment
Core criterion E
Disturbance not attributable to a substance or another medical condition
Consistent with [Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Arousal Disorder] [specifier(s)]. During repeated episodes arising from NREM sleep, there have been recurrent episodes of incomplete awakening; sleepwalking; sleep terrors; autonomic activation; confused behaviour; limited responsiveness during events; difficulty being consoled, forming a pattern consistent with NREM sleep arousal phenomena. The presentation is further characterised by little or no associated dream imagery; complete amnesia or minimal recall for the episodes; behaviours occurring predominantly in the first third of the sleep period. These symptoms have resulted in clinically significant distress or impairment, and the disturbance is not better explained by another sleep disorder (including REM sleep behaviour disorder), epilepsy, substance/medication effects, feigned behaviour, or a primary medical or psychiatric condition.
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