Somnambulism: Diagnosis and treatment

Somnambulism is an arousal disorder that is usually benign, self-limited and only infrequently requires treatment. Chronic sleepwalking in children has been shown to be associated with behavioral problems and poor emotional regulation. Most cases can be diagnosed with careful noting of case history...

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Autores principales: Bharadwaj, Rahul, Kumar, Suresh
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2007
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2917078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20711396
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.33261
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description Somnambulism is an arousal disorder that is usually benign, self-limited and only infrequently requires treatment. Chronic sleepwalking in children has been shown to be associated with behavioral problems and poor emotional regulation. Most cases can be diagnosed with careful noting of case history and epilepsy is an important differential diagnosis. Management with pharmacological and behavioural measures is usually safe and effective. We present two cases of somnambulism that highlight the importance of the diagnosis and treatment of this condition.
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spelling pubmed-29170782010-08-14 Somnambulism: Diagnosis and treatment Bharadwaj, Rahul Kumar, Suresh Indian J Psychiatry Case Report Somnambulism is an arousal disorder that is usually benign, self-limited and only infrequently requires treatment. Chronic sleepwalking in children has been shown to be associated with behavioral problems and poor emotional regulation. Most cases can be diagnosed with careful noting of case history and epilepsy is an important differential diagnosis. Management with pharmacological and behavioural measures is usually safe and effective. We present two cases of somnambulism that highlight the importance of the diagnosis and treatment of this condition. Medknow Publications 2007 /pmc/articles/PMC2917078/ /pubmed/20711396 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.33261 Text en © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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