Relevance of sleep paralysis and hypnic hallucinations to psychiatry

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-80

  Gangdev, Prakash ^a  

^a SPRINGFIELD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypnic hallucinations; Medications; Misdiagnosis; Sleep paralysis

Indexed keywords

ARECOLINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PRAZOSIN; RESERPINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; YOHIMBINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELUSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARANOIA; PARASOMNIA; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRY; SLEEP DISORDER; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAZEPAM; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; PARANOID DISORDERS; SLEEP PARALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842861855     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1039-8562.2003.02065.x     Document Type: Article

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