TY - JOUR
T1 - A polysomnographic and clinical report on sleep-related injury in 100 adult patients
AU - Schenck, Carlos H
AU - Milner, D. M.
AU - Hurwitz, T. D.
AU - Bundlie, S. R.
AU - Mahowald, Mark
PY - 1989/1/1
Y1 - 1989/1/1
N2 - In 100 consecutive adults who came to a sleep disorders center compainting of repeated nocturnal injury, polysomnographic study identified five disorders: night terrors/sleepwalking (N = 54), REM sleep behavior disorder (N = 36), dissociative disorders (N = 7), nocturnal seizures (N = 2), and sleep apnea (N = 1). Ninety-five patients sustained ecchymoses, 30 had lacerations, and nine had fractures. DSM-III axis I disorders (past or current) were found in 48.1% of the group with night terrors/sleepwalking and in 30.6% of the group with REM sleep behavior disorder; these were mainly affective disorders. In these two groups, clonazepam controlled the symptoms of 51 of the 61 patients to whom it was given.
AB - In 100 consecutive adults who came to a sleep disorders center compainting of repeated nocturnal injury, polysomnographic study identified five disorders: night terrors/sleepwalking (N = 54), REM sleep behavior disorder (N = 36), dissociative disorders (N = 7), nocturnal seizures (N = 2), and sleep apnea (N = 1). Ninety-five patients sustained ecchymoses, 30 had lacerations, and nine had fractures. DSM-III axis I disorders (past or current) were found in 48.1% of the group with night terrors/sleepwalking and in 30.6% of the group with REM sleep behavior disorder; these were mainly affective disorders. In these two groups, clonazepam controlled the symptoms of 51 of the 61 patients to whom it was given.
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U2 - 10.1176/ajp.146.9.1166
DO - 10.1176/ajp.146.9.1166
M3 - Article
C2 - 2764174
AN - SCOPUS:0024420686
SN - 0002-953X
VL - 146
SP - 1166
EP - 1173
JO - American Journal of Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Psychiatry
IS - 9
ER -
