Violence association with sleep disorders - abstract

ABSTRACT

Over the past few years, there have been isolated court cases in which defendants are acquitted for violent acts and, in one case, homicide because of sleep disorders which appeared to precipitate the violence. The literature has been scanty and the authors decided to follow up with some sleep lab observations. The presentation will include a brief summary about sleep states and findings which show sleep abnormalities under laboratory conditions. There will be a video presentation of violent behaviour and a brief discussion about the potential for further studies (AU)