Treatment of somnambulism in military trainees.
Of 12 otherwise health individuals facing honorable discharge from the military because of intractable sleepwalking, six chose to participate in a short-term treatment program involving hypnosis. Four of these reported total alleviation of symptoms. Therapeutic design and treatment implications are discussed and a brief review of the literature is presented.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal; D003463:Cues; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D008297:Male; D008890:Military Psychiatry; D009042:Motivation; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013009:Somnambulism / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States