Sleep-Related Violence

Errata

“…One study even showed a selective decrease in SWS for a subgroup of sleepwalkers with a serious violence toward others compared to other subgroups of sleepwalkers. 34 Consistent with our hypothesis, somnambulistic patients were found to have significantly lower SWA power than control subjects during the first NREM cycle. As a result, the rate of the decrease in SWA across NREM cycles was greater in control subjects than in sleepwalkers.…”

“…In order to obtain data which were comparable with most studies investigating sleep regulatory mechanisms 29,32,34 and since it is the standard derivation for sleep scoring, 33 spectral analyses were performed on the C3/A2 derivation using a commercial software package (Eclipse 3.0, Stellate Systems). Fast Fourier transforms (FFTs) were computed on four-second mini-epochs with a cosine window tapering yielding a spectral resolution of 0.25 Hz.…”

An Essay on Sleep-Related Sexual Behaviours and Offences Related to Sexual Behaviours

“…In a cohort of 64 of his patients Moldofsky noted with 89% sensitivity, 80% specificity and 81% diagnostic accuracy violence was associated with being male and having less than 2% stage 4 sleep (similar to N3, refer to table 4) [26]. Also associated was experiencing more stressors, drinking excessive caffeinated beverages and abusing drugs.…”

Sleepwalking, A Possible Side Effect of Antipsychotic Medication

“…Jenna was a heavy cola drinker and caffeine abuse has been implicated in sleepwalking [11]. She also suffered from epilepsy, which could have served as a further contributory cause to her night walking.…”