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Violent parasomnia associated with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor: a case report.

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Parasomnia among psychiatric outpatients: a clinical, epidemiologic, cross-sectional study.

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OBJECTIVE Epidemiologic studies from general population and clinical case series suggest association of parasomnias with mental illnesses and psychotropic medications. This cross-sectional study aimed at determining the prevalence rate of sleepwalking, sleep-related eating disorder (SRED), rapid eye

Parasomnias and antidepressant therapy: a review of the literature.

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There exists a varying level of evidence linking the use of antidepressant medication to the parasomnias, ranging from larger, more comprehensive studies in the area of REM sleep behavior disorder to primarily case reports in the NREM parasomnias. As such, practice guidelines are lacking regarding

Successful treatment of severe parasomnias with paroxetine in a 12-year-old boy.

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Night terrors and somnambulism are parasomnias associated with non-REM sleep. Medical treatment is only considered in severe cases with persistent and extended symptoms where there is a high risk of self-injury. We report the case of a 12-year-old boy with severe night terrors and somnambulism whose

Treatment options for parasomnias.

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Parasomnias are undesirable physical or experiential events that occur in and around sleep. Treatments include reassurance in some cases, various forms of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), and pharmacologic agents. Cognitive restructuring, imagery rehearsal, relaxation, hypnosis, desensitization,

[Sexsomnia during treatment with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor].

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Sexsomnia is a parasomnia characterised by sexual behaviour. A 30-year-old man, with no history of parasomnias or related precipitating factors, developed sexual behaviour during sleep after three weeks of treatment with escitalopram 10 mg daily. The parasomnia disappeared on the sixth day after the

Sexsomnia: an uncommon variety of parasomnia.

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Sexsomnia is considered a particular form of parasomnia characterized by atypical sexual behaviour during sleep. Only a few cases have been reported in the literature. We describe here two cases of sexsomnia that took place in adult women whose personal history was remarkable for traumatic sexual

Benign neonatal sleep myoclonus mimicking status epilepticus.

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Benign neonatal sleep myoclonus is a self-limited movement disorder characterized by neonatal-onset myoclonic jerks only during sleep, abrupt and consistent cessation with arousal, and absence of concomitant electrographic changes suggestive of seizures. It has a good outcome and was included in the

Treatment of dyssomnias and parasomnias in childhood.

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UNASSIGNED Dyssomnias are sleep disorders associated with complaints of insomnia or hypersomnia. The daytime sleepiness of narcolepsy is treated by a combination of planned daytime naps, regular exercise medications such as modafinil, or salts of methylphenidate, or amphetamine. Cataplexy that

Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Parasomnias and Migraine: A Role of Orexinergic Projections.

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UNASSIGNED Sleep and migraine share a common pathophysiological substrate, although the underlying mechanisms are unknown. The serotonergic and orexinergic systems are both involved in the regulation of sleep/wake cycle, and numerous studies show that both are involved in the migraine

Benign neonatal sleep myoclonus. Relationship to sleep states.

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Neonatal sleep myoclonus is a benign syndrome characterized by myoclonic jerks occurring only during sleep and presenting in the first month of life. There are no associations with abnormal development, neurologic deficits, or seizures. The electroencephalogram is normal and has no correlation with

A review of nighttime eating disorders.

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Nighttime eating is categorized as either night eating syndrome (NES) or sleep-related eating disorder (SRED). These conditions represent an interruption in the overnight fast that characterizes human sleep. A critical review of the literature on NES and SRED will suggest that they are situated at

Sleepwalking in patients with Parkinson disease.

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OBJECTIVE To report the occurrence of adult-onset (de novo) sleepwalking in a series of 6 patients with idiopathic Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS Case series. METHODS Outpatient clinic for movement disorders. METHODS Of 165 consecutive patients with PD seen for 2 years, 6 patients with adult-onset

[MANAGEMENT OF CENTRAL HYPERSOMNIAS].

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Central hypersomnias include narcolepsy type 1, type 2 and idiopathic hypersomnia with daytime sleepiness excessive in the foreground of the clinical symptoms. Despite major advances in our understanding of the mechanisms of the narcolepsy type 1 with a low level of hypocretin-1 in cerebrospinal

Treatment Approach to Sleep Terror: Two Case Reports.

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Parasomnias are a group of disorders characterized by abnormal behaviors, physical activities, and autonomic arousal symptoms while transition to sleep or continuation of sleep. Sleep terror (ST) is classified under parasomnias characterized by sudden fear attacks beginning with crying attacks or

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