We report two cases of fathers whose parental fitness was questioned during divorce and custody litigation because of narcolepsy type 2 and type 1, respectively. These cases highlighted both the existence of a narcolepsy-related stigma and the need to involve sleep experts in custody assessments when concerns about the parental fitness are related to a sleep disorder, expanding the field of interest of the growing âsleep forensics".
Parental fitness questioned on the grounds of narcolepsy: Presentation of two cases / Barbero, Laura; Govi, Annamaria; Pizza, Fabio; Plazzi, Giuseppe; Ingravallo, Francesca. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SLEEP MEDICINE. - ISSN 1550-9389. - STAMPA. - 13:8(2017), pp. 1017-1018. [10.5664/jcsm.6708]
Parental fitness questioned on the grounds of narcolepsy: Presentation of two cases
Govi, Annamaria;Pizza, Fabio;Plazzi, Giuseppe;Ingravallo, Francesca
2017
Abstract
We report two cases of fathers whose parental fitness was questioned during divorce and custody litigation because of narcolepsy type 2 and type 1, respectively. These cases highlighted both the existence of a narcolepsy-related stigma and the need to involve sleep experts in custody assessments when concerns about the parental fitness are related to a sleep disorder, expanding the field of interest of the growing âsleep forensics".I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
