@article{ref1,
title="Violent somnambulism: a parasomnia of young men with stereotyped dream-like experiences",
journal="Medical hypotheses",
year="2014",
author="Szucs, Anna and Kamondi, Anita and Zoller, Rezso and Barcs, Gábor and Szabó, Pál and Purebl, Gyorgy",
volume="83",
number="1",
pages="47-52",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To characterize a subgroup of arousal parasomnias associated with violent behavior in adults. <br><br>DESIGN: A pilot study on clinical and polysomnographic data of 13 adult patients seen in a tertiary sleep center for the suspicion of arousal parasomnia associated with violence. <br><br>RESULTS: Nine young patients (8 males 1 female) had a common pattern of abnormalities: similar 'claustrophobic' dream-like experiences and complex, vehement dream enactments; no REM sleep without atonia on polysomnography. We call this syndrome 'violent somnambulism'. The rest of the patients had alcoholic delirium, partial epilepsy, possible REM sleep behavior disorder and a single sleep walking episode provoked by a sleeping pill. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS AND HYPOTHESIS: Sleep related violence needs thorough diagnostic evaluation for preventing life-threatening consequences. Violent somnambulism appears to be a distinct NREM sleep-related overlap parasomnia.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-9877",
doi="10.1016/j.mehy.2014.04.012",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2014.04.012"
}