SIMULTANEOUS PREPUBERTAL ONSET OF PANIC DISORDER, NIGHT TERRORS, AND SOMNAMBULISM

被引:19
作者
GARLAND, EJ
SMITH, DH
机构
[1] UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA,DEPT PSYCHIAT,VANCOUVER V6T 1W5,BC,CANADA
[2] BRITISH COLUMBIA CHILDRENS HOSP,DEPT PSYCHIAT,VANCOUVER,BC,CANADA
关键词
PANIC DISORDER; NIGHT TERRORS; SOMNAMBULISM; IMIPRAMINE;
D O I
10.1097/00004583-199107000-00004
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号
040202 ;
摘要
Concurrent acute onset of night terrors, somnambulism, and spontaneous daytime panic attacks meeting the criteria for panic disorder is reported in a 10-year-old boy with a family history of panic disorder. Both the parasomnias and the panic disorder were fully responsive to therapeutic doses of imipramine. A second case of night terrors and infrequent full symptom panic attacks is noted in another 10-year-old boy whose mother has panic disorder with agoraphobia. The clinical resemblance and reported differences between night terrors and panic attacks are described. The absence of previous reports of this comorbidity is notable. It is hypothesized that night terror disorder and panic disorder involve a similar constitutional vulnerability to dysregulation of brainstem alerting systems.
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