Open AccessIdiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder: A Report on Two Cases with Contrasting Features
Author(s) -
Sriniwas Gupta,
Msvk Raju,
Alka Pawar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.162934
Subject(s) - parasomnia , rem sleep behavior disorder , psychiatry , psychology , sleep (system call) , disease , pediatrics , medicine , sleep disorder , electroencephalography , polysomnography , insomnia , operating system , computer science
REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is a rare parasomnia in which persons exhibit uncharacteristic violent behavior, while dreaming. Secondary RBD occurs due to some neurological conditions, psychoactive substance or psychotropic drug use. There are no case reports on idiopathic RBD in India. We report here two cases to underscore the importance of identifying the disease as behavior associated with RBD may be quite serious in nature and might lead to catastrophic consequences.