Sleep violence: causes and criteria
Evidence-based neurology checklist on sleep violence: causes and criteria: Causes Confusional arousal Sleep walking Sleep terror REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) Nocturnal paroxysmal dystonia Epileptic nocturnal wondering Confusional states Psychiatric dissociative states Nocturnal frontal lobe…
Causes
- Confusional arousal
- Sleep walking
- Sleep terror
- REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD)
- Nocturnal paroxysmal dystonia
- Epileptic nocturnal wondering
- Confusional states
- Psychiatric dissociative states
- Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (NFLE)
- Prior sleep deprivation
- Malingering
Potential trigger drugs
Diagnostic features
References
- Siclari F, Khatami R, Urbaniok F, et al. Violence in sleep. Brain 2010; 133:3494-3509.
- Fantini ML, Puligheddu M, Cicolin A. Sleep and violence. Curr Treat Options Neurol 2012; 24:438-450.
- Mahowald MW, Bundlie SR, Hurwitz TD, Schenck CH. Sleep violence-forensic science implications: polygraphic and video documentation. J Forensic Sci 1990; 35:413-432.
