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Are confusional arousals pathological?

Maurice M Ohayon1, Mark W Mahowald2, Damien Leger2

  • 1From the Division of Public Mental Health and Population Sciences, Stanford Sleep Epidemiology Research Center (M.M.O.), School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA; Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center (M.W.M.), Department of Neurology, Hennepin County Medical Center, The University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis; Université Paris Descartes (D.L.), APHP, Hôtel-Dieu de Paris, Centre du Sommeil et de la Vigilance, France. mohayon@stanford.edu.

Neurology
|August 27, 2014
PubMed
Summary

Confusional arousals (CAs) are common, often linked to sleep or mental health disorders, and sometimes associated with psychotropic medications like antidepressants. Most CA cases are not medication-induced.

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