Adult headbanging: Sleep studies and treatment

Sleep

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 343-346

  Chisholm, Terry ^a   Morehouse, Rachel L ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Camp Hill Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clonazepam; Headbanging; Polysomnography; Rhythmic movement disorder; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DROWSINESS; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NONREM SLEEP; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTYPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030048449     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/19.4.343     Document Type: Article

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