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Rem sleep behavior disorder: potential relationship to post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Husain, AM; Miller, PP; Carwile, ST
Published in: J Clin Neurophysiol
March 2001

Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is a parasomnia in which there is enactment, often violent, of dream mentation. Although this syndrome is sometimes associated with neurologic disorders, psychiatric comorbidity is not typical. The authors present a unique series of veterans with RBD. A high incidence of comorbidity with post-traumatic stress disorder is noted. The literature on RBD is reviewed, and the coexistence of RBD and post-traumatic stress disorder is reasoned. The authors suggest that it is possible that similar neuropathologic processes are responsible for both conditions, at times in the same patient.

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J Clin Neurophysiol

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ISSN

0736-0258

Publication Date

March 2001

Volume

18

Issue

2

Start / End Page

148 / 157

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterans
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Sleep, REM
  • REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
  • Polysomnography
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Nervous System Diseases
  • Middle Aged
  • Mental Disorders
  • Humans
 

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Husain, A. M., Miller, P. P., & Carwile, S. T. (2001). Rem sleep behavior disorder: potential relationship to post-traumatic stress disorder. J Clin Neurophysiol, 18(2), 148–157. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004691-200103000-00005
Husain, A. M., P. P. Miller, and S. T. Carwile. “Rem sleep behavior disorder: potential relationship to post-traumatic stress disorder.J Clin Neurophysiol 18, no. 2 (March 2001): 148–57. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004691-200103000-00005.
Husain AM, Miller PP, Carwile ST. Rem sleep behavior disorder: potential relationship to post-traumatic stress disorder. J Clin Neurophysiol. 2001 Mar;18(2):148–57.
Husain, A. M., et al. “Rem sleep behavior disorder: potential relationship to post-traumatic stress disorder.J Clin Neurophysiol, vol. 18, no. 2, Mar. 2001, pp. 148–57. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00004691-200103000-00005.
Husain AM, Miller PP, Carwile ST. Rem sleep behavior disorder: potential relationship to post-traumatic stress disorder. J Clin Neurophysiol. 2001 Mar;18(2):148–157.

Published In

J Clin Neurophysiol

DOI

ISSN

0736-0258

Publication Date

March 2001

Volume

18

Issue

2

Start / End Page

148 / 157

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterans
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Sleep, REM
  • REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
  • Polysomnography
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Nervous System Diseases
  • Middle Aged
  • Mental Disorders
  • Humans