A case of functional sleep seizures.
The author presents a case of functional seizures occurring only when the patient is asleep. Discussion of the case includes the limitations of the traditional psychoanalytic explanation of conversion reactions, and focuses on reassessing conversion phenomena in terms of their communicated messages.
D000293:Adolescent; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*; D012890:Sleep