title: Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder: A Report on Two Cases with Contrasting Features.
abstract: REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is a rare parasomnia in which persons exhibit uncharacteristic violent behavior, while dreaming. Secondary RBD occurs due to some neurological conditions, psychoactive substance or psychotropic drug use. There are no case reports on idiopathic RBD in India. We report here two cases to underscore the importance of identifying the disease as behavior associated with RBD may be quite serious in nature and might lead to catastrophic consequences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Bharati Vidyapeeth University Medical College, Dhankawadi, India.
authors.forename: Sriniwas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry Peoples College of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: M S V K
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Raju
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Maharashtra Institute of Mental Health, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Alka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pawar
keywords: Dream enactment behavior; REM sleep without atonia; narcolepsy; sleep related injury