PMID: 2106985Feb 10, 1990Paper

Sleepwalking, night terrors, and consciousness

BMJ : British Medical Journal
A H CrispM Crutchfield

Abstract

To determine some personality and psychoneurotic characteristics of adults who have the sleepwalking-night terrors syndrome. Prospective assessment of two groups of consecutive patients with a firm diagnosis of either of two specific sleep disorders as established clinically and by polysomnography. Outpatient sleep disorders clinic and sleep laboratory in a tertiary referral centre. 12 Patients referred consecutively to the clinic in whom a diagnosis of sleepwalking (six) or night terrors (six) was confirmed. Psychological characteristics as measured at the time of clinical assessment by means of the Eysenck personality questionnaire, the hostility and direction of hostility questionnaire, and the Crown-Crisp experiential index. Both groups scored exceptionally highly on the hysteria scale of the Crown-Crisp experiential index and the night terrors group also scored highly on the anxiety scale. The patients with sleepwalking also scored highly on a measure of externally directed hostility. The physiological and psychological features identified in these patients, possibly reflecting different expressions of a constitutional cerebral characteristic, may be explored in terms of hysterical dissociation. The findings contribute to ...Continue Reading

References

Sep 1, 1978·The British Journal of Medical Psychology·A H CrispP Slater
Sep 1, 1978·The British Journal of Medical Psychology·A H CrispG Harris
Dec 1, 1985·The British Journal of Psychiatry : the Journal of Mental Science·I Oswald, J Evans
Jun 1, 1966·Archives of General Psychiatry·A KalesR D Walter
Jan 1, 1959·The British Journal of Medical Psychology·J ANTHONY
Oct 1, 1963·Archives of General Psychiatry·J A SOURSR R INDERMILL

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Oct 13, 2007·Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology·Nikola N TrajanovicColin M Shapiro
Sep 15, 2012·Neurotherapeutics : the Journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics·Michael J Thorpy
May 10, 2000·Clinical Neurophysiology : Official Journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology·F EspaA Besset
Mar 12, 2002·Acta Neurologica Scandinavica·C HedmanV V Myllylä
Oct 1, 1996·Postgraduate Medical Journal·A H Crisp
Mar 27, 2001·Postgraduate Medical Journal·D HartmanS Borrow
Oct 1, 2005·International Review of Psychiatry·Waldemar SzelenbergerAnna Justyna Dabrowska
Jun 10, 2008·Critical Care Clinics·Lee K Brown, Madhu Arora
Jul 22, 2005·Endocrine Practice : Official Journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists·Kamel M AjlouniTewfik K Daradkeh
Nov 12, 2013·Sleep Medicine·Marc-Antoine LabelleAntonio Zadra
Jan 18, 2003·Sleep Medicine Reviews·Torbjorn AkerstedtHartmut Schulz
May 1, 1998·Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology : Official Publication of the American Electroencephalographic Society·C H SchenckM W Mahowald
Sep 22, 1990·BMJ : British Medical Journal·D M Campbell
Dec 28, 2018·Behavioral and Brain Functions : BBF·C SchiappaLuigi De Gennaro
Jun 12, 2021·Nature and Science of Sleep·Milena CamaioniLuigi De Gennaro
Apr 18, 2007·Pediatrics·Dominique PetitJacques Montplaisir
Jul 6, 2000·Pediatrics·L LabergeJ Montplaisir

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Trending Feeds

COVID-19

Coronaviruses encompass a large family of viruses that cause the common cold as well as more serious diseases, such as the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; formally known as 2019-nCoV). Coronaviruses can spread from animals to humans; symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties; in more severe cases, infection can lead to death. This feed covers recent research on COVID-19.

Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis fungal infections spread through inhaling Blastomyces dermatitidis spores. Discover the latest research on blastomycosis fungal infections here.

Nuclear Pore Complex in ALS/FTD

Alterations in nucleocytoplasmic transport, controlled by the nuclear pore complex, may be involved in the pathomechanism underlying multiple neurodegenerative diseases including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. Here is the latest research on the nuclear pore complex in ALS and FTD.

Applications of Molecular Barcoding

The concept of molecular barcoding is that each original DNA or RNA molecule is attached to a unique sequence barcode. Sequence reads having different barcodes represent different original molecules, while sequence reads having the same barcode are results of PCR duplication from one original molecule. Discover the latest research on molecular barcoding here.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease characterized by unexplained disabling fatigue; the pathology of which is incompletely understood. Discover the latest research on chronic fatigue syndrome here.

Evolution of Pluripotency

Pluripotency refers to the ability of a cell to develop into three primary germ cell layers of the embryo. This feed focuses on the mechanisms that underlie the evolution of pluripotency. Here is the latest research.

Position Effect Variegation

Position Effect Variagation occurs when a gene is inactivated due to its positioning near heterochromatic regions within a chromosome. Discover the latest research on Position Effect Variagation here.

STING Receptor Agonists

Stimulator of IFN genes (STING) are a group of transmembrane proteins that are involved in the induction of type I interferon that is important in the innate immune response. The stimulation of STING has been an active area of research in the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Here is the latest research on STING receptor agonists.

Microbicide

Microbicides are products that can be applied to vaginal or rectal mucosal surfaces with the goal of preventing, or at least significantly reducing, the transmission of sexually transmitted infections. Here is the latest research on microbicides.