Methods: A clinical psychologist explores the history of the patient’s disease and the self-acquired strategies used to cope with the symptoms. We report which management strategies a young patient (DMG) adopted to cope with NT1 during his growth, avoiding exhibiting serious impairments to his global functioning. Social relationships, school, work, and general health perception are frequently impaired in patients, who often show lower quality-of-life scores. The main symptoms are excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy, a prototypical fall down elicited by huge emotions. Introduction: Narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) is a chronic and rare sleep disorder typically arising during adolescence and young adulthood. 6Neurology Unit, Movement Disorders Division, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.5Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.4IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences, Bologna, Italy.3Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.2Istituto per le Tecnologie Didattiche (ITD), National Research Council (CNR), Genova, Italy.1Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.Christian Franceschini 1*, Chiara Fante 2, Marco Filardi 3,4, Maria Claudia Folli 1, Francesca Brazzi 1, Fabio Pizza 3,4, Anita D’Anselmo 3,4, Francesca Ingravallo 5, Elena Antelmi 6 and Giuseppe Plazzi 3,4
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