Citation

Amouzadeh-Ghadikolai O, Pascale-Scharmüller L, Baranyi A, Lehofer M, Saletu M. Neuropsychiatr. 2018; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Vernacular Title

Strangulation als szenische Handlung. Ein Fallbericht über einen Pseudosuizidversuch im Verlauf einer NREM-Parasomnie.

Affiliation

Bereich für Schlafmedizin, Standort Süd, Landeskrankenhaus Graz Süd/West, Wagner Jauregg Platz 1, 8053, Graz, Österreich.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Dustri-Verlag)

DOI

10.1007/s40211-018-0280-3

PMID

29992439

Abstract

It is generally accepted, that sleepwalkers show complex behaviors leading to non-intended consequences. It is not unusual that these persons are thereby injured. However, sporadically a bizarre endangering of themselves or others is reported also, which ranges from homicide of the life partner to accidental (pseudo-)suicide.In this article, we report on a 28year-old man who unexpectedly attempted to hang himself by a whip at night. We discuss the reasons, why this bizarre act should actually be taken as a scenic behavior in the course of a NREM-parasomnia, and the difficulty to proof this claim.

Language: de

Keywords

Parasomnia; Polysomnography; Pseudosuicide; Somnambulism