title: Two case reports: night terrors with sleepwalking--a potentially lethal disorder.
abstract: Two cases of severe night terrors with sleepwalking in adults are described. In one of these, an episode resulted in three deaths; in the other, there was serious concern of death and bodily harm. Both men were employed, married, and functioning well without serious psychopathology. Neither could be given a definite DSM-III diagnosis, though both had some features of compulsive personality disorder. Both improved considerably with treatment.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D013009:Somnambulism / Q000150:complications*