Time to recognize trauma associated sleep disorder as a distinct parasomnia

Sleep disorder associated with antibodies to IgLON5: parasomnia or agrypnia?

Sleep disorder associated with antibodies to IgLON5: parasomnia or agrypnia?-Authors' reply.

We read with great interest the paper by Lidia Sabater and colleagues, who describe a novel neuroimmuno logical disease that is a complex, severe sleep disorder associated with antibodies to IgLON5. We have noted a clinically similar disorder in a single patient who had serum and CSF antibodies to the metabotropic GABAB receptor. Similar to the patients in Sabater and colleagues’ report, our pa...

Sexsomnia: parasomnia associated with sexual behaviour during sleep.

INTRODUCTION The purpose of our study is to describe 4 cases of sexsomnia, a form of parasomnia characterised by sexual behaviour during sleep. METHODS Clinical history and video-polysomnography recordings from patients diagnosed with sexsomnia in the Multidisciplinary Sleep Unit at Hospital Clínic in Barcelona. RESULTS Three men and one woman between 28 and 43 years of age reported sexual ...

Sleepwalking, REM sleep behaviour disorder and overlap parasomnia in patients with Parkinson's disease.

BACKGROUND/AIMS In a questionnaire survey, we identified 36 (9%) of 417 Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with sleepwalking (SW); 72% of them also had a history of REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD). We aimed to assess the clinical and polysomnographic characteristics of SW in PD and to compare them to patients with PD with and without a history of RBD. METHODS We performed video-polysomnogra...

Trauma as a Contributor to Violence in Autism Spectrum Disorder.

In examining contributors to violence among individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), one factor that has received little attention is a history of psychological trauma. This study's purpose was to explore the possible mechanisms for an association between trauma and violence in persons with ASD. The literature regarding the neurobiology and theoretical underpinnings of ASD is reviewed a...