Psychological treatment for sleepwalking: Two case reports

Clinics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 517-520

  Conway, Silvia G ^a   Castro, Laura ^a   Lopes Conceição, Maria Cecília ^b   Hachul, Helena ^a   Tufik, Sergio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SLEEP; SLEEP WALKING; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SLEEP; SOMNAMBULISM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957622627     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322011000300028     Document Type: Article

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