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    J Clin Psychiatry. 1979 Apr;40(4):194-7.

    Narcolepsy and automatic behavior: a case report.

    Abstract

    Narcolepsy is characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy, which may be accompanied by hypnogogic or hypnopompic hallucinations and sleep paralysis. Automatic behavior is a relatively newly recognized symptom of the narcolepsy syndrome. This case report describes a particularly troublesome sort of automatic behavior--shoplifting--in a narcoleptic patient. It illustrates how a sleep-laboratory evaluation was used to confirm the diagnosis of narcolepsy and considers aspects of the treatment of the problem.

    PMID:
    422531
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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