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Obtaining an accurate 24-hour-sleep-wake history is extremly important. History should be focused also on relevant factors as medical history, compensation of epilepsy, type and frequency of epileptic seizures, their incidence according to circadian cycle and actual antiepileptic medication, or other drug and medication use. Also social, enviromental or psychological conditions, which may interfere with sleep quality, should be evaluated. Neurological examination in connection with neuroimaging methods (MRI) can detect cerebral leasions as the reason of sleep problems. Standard EEG evaluation is recommended to detect abnormalities in EEG activity and interictal epileptic discharges. Epworth Scale of Sleepiness (ESS) is widely used questionnaire to quantify severity of daytine sleepiness. Score above. | PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS -TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS Edited by Toru Uehara Psychiatric Disorders - Trends and Developments Edited by Toru Uehara Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9 51000 Rijeka Croatia Copyright 2011 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution license which permits to copy distribute transmit and adapt the work in any medium so long as the original work is properly cited. After this work has been published by InTech authors have the right to republish it in whole or part in any publication of which they are the author and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. As for readers this license allows users to download copy and build upon published chapters even for commercial purposes as long as the author and publisher are properly credited which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials instructions methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Ivana Zec Technical Editor Teodora Smiljanic Cover Designer Jan Hyrat Image Copyright Dvirus 2011. Used under license from First published September 2011 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@ Psychiatric Disorders - Trends and Developments Edited by Toru Uehara p. cm. ISBN 978-953-307-745-1 ikrrr iJ OPEN ACCESS INI Cvn PUBLISHER INTECH open free online editions of InTech Books and Journals can be found .