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Article: Broken dreams: a disturbing case of abnormal behavior during slow-wave sleep raises questions about the incidence of violence during sleep.(case report)
- Article from:
- Sleep Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
- Author:
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It has been 10 years since Moldofsky and his coworkers summarized parasomnias that occurred as a result of partial arousals during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. (1) They reported 65 adult patients (mean age of 30 years) who had sleep walking and sleep terrors. Group 1 was associated with serious violence during sleep. Group 2 developed harmful but not destructive behavior. Group 3 developed nonviolent behavior.
We report a case of NREM parasomnia with disturbing behavior during sleep. For the patient, the disorder led to a divorce requested by his wife. He had a history of somnambulance and somniloquy since childhood. He did not abuse drugs, and while the ...
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