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Sleep State Misperception

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Sleep state misperception (SSM) is defined by the International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD) as “a disorder in which a complaint of insomnia or excessive sleepiness occurs without objective evidence of sleep disturbance” (1). SSM is included under the category of primary insomnias in the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (2). It is also referred to as pseudoinsomnia, subjective complaint of disorder of initiating and maintaining sleep without objective findings, and sleep hypochondriasis.

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    Hrayr P. Attarian MD

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Duntley, S. (2004). Sleep State Misperception. In: Attarian, H.P. (eds) Clinical Handbook of Insomnia. Current Clinical Neurology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-662-1_8

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