PSYCHOGENIC HYPERSOMNIA

Psychogenic Hypersomnia is characterized by multiple sleep episodes in a day or sleep of unusual duration brought on by psychological factors such as an escape mechanism to avoid unpleasant psychological stimuli or conditions.

PSYCHOGENIC HYPERSOMNIA: “Beatrice spent many hours asleep after the death of her husband. It was difficult for her family to find her awake. She may have had psychogenic hypersomnia.”
 Divorced Families and the Programs That Work for Them

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