TY - JOUR PY - 2014// TI - Confusional arousal: a rare cause of self-injurious behaviour JO - Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie A1 - Mortier, P. A1 - Vandenbulcke, M. A1 - Gabriƫls, L. SP - 118 EP - 122 VL - 56 IS - 2 N2 - Non-rapid eye movement (NREM) arousal sleep disorders (confusional arousal, somnambulism and sleep terror) are self-limiting and temporary phenomena which cannot be attributed to medical or psychiatric factors. However, very occasionally they can be the cause of unintentional injury to self or others. We describe the case of an 18-year-old who engaged in self-injurious behaviour while asleep. This behaviour could be attributed to confusional arousal.

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