Most violent behaviors arise from wakefulness. It is important to realize that violent behaviors that may have forensic science implications can arise from the sleep period. By virtue of the fact that these behaviors arise from sleep, they are executed without conscious awareness, and, therefore, without culpability. The most common underlying conditions arising from sleep are disorders of arou...

Aviolent behavior during sleep includes a broad range of behaviors: self-mutilation, sexual assault, murder attempt, murder and suicide. The violent behavior during sleep (VBS) can be directed to other subjects, to objects, or to self (1). Recently, Ohayon et al (2) reported violent behavior during sleep as 2 % of the population. They found that night terrors, daytime sleepiness, sleep talking,...

Sleep disorders are very prevalent in the general population and are associated with significant medical, psychological, and social disturbances. Insomnia is the most common. When chronic, it usually reflects psychological/behavioral disturbances. Most insomniacs can be evaluated in an office setting, and a multidimensional approach is recommended, including sleep hygiene measures, psychotherap...

Abstract Sleep disorders in patients with end-stage renal disease are common but have rarely been reported previous studies. Therefore, we examined the prevalence of sleep and risk factors for declining quality undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). A multicenter prospective cohort study was conducted at five PD centers across different provinces China. total 449 who underwent between March to No...

Romantic operas provide a useful tool for historians to understand the perception of some medical disorders that existed during the nineteenth century. Somnambulism was still a mysterious condition during this time, since its pathogenesis was unknown. Hence, it comes as no surprise that somnambulism features in a number of operas, the best known of which are Verdi's 'Macbeth' and Bellini's 'La ...

We studied the similarities and differences between Brazilian Spiritistic mediums and North American dissociative identity disorder (DID) patients. Twenty-four mediums selected among different Spiritistic organizations in São Paulo, Brazil, were interviewed using the Dissociative Disorder Interview Schedule, and their responses were compared with those of DID patients described in the literatur...