Sleep disorder describes a lot of sleep disturbances including amount, quality, timing and abnormal events during sleep. Disorders are characterised by common cause, mental disorder, medical condition or drug abuse.
SLEEP DISORDER: "A sleep disorder describes anything that disturbs our sleep cycle and normal sleep behaviour."
Cite this page: Nugent, Pam M.S., "SLEEP DISORDER," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 13, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/sleep-disorder/ (accessed April 23, 2018).
