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The Ottawa Mental Skills Assessment Tool measures


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Narcolepsy

A disorder in which a person experiences excessive sleepiness during normal waking hours, sometimes going limp and collapsing.

Somnambulism

The medical term for sleepwalking, a phenomenon where a person walks or performs other complex behaviors while in a state of sleep.

REM Behavior Disorder

A sleep disorder where people physically act out vivid, often unpleasant dreams with vocal sounds and sudden, violent arm and leg movements during REM sleep stages.

Sleep Apnea

A disorder in which a person, while asleep, stops breathing because the throat closes; the condition results in frequent awakenings during the night.

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