title: 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.
mesh_terms: D001332:Automatism / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D002385:Cataplexy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D003417:Criminal Psychology; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008774:Methylphenidate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D009290:Narcolepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D011530:Protriptyline / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D008774:Methylphenidate; D011530:Protriptyline