Faridhosseini Farhad, Zamani Azar
Psychiatry and behavioral Sciences Research Center, Ibn-e-Sina Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Psychiatry and behavioral Sciences Research Center, Imam Hossein General Hospital, Shahid Beheshty Medical University, Tehran, Iran.
Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci. 2012 Spring;6(1):72-4.
Somnambulism consists of a group of behaviors leading to unwanted movements during sleep or even sleepwalking. Medications applied for psychiatric disorders could increase the likelihood of somnambulism in adults. The following article is a case report of somnambulism seen in a patient with schizophrenia, which occurred after remission of an acute episode following treatment with olanzapine. When olanzapine dosage was decreased, no previous and similar symptoms were reported after 6 months of follow up.
梦游症包括一组在睡眠期间导致不自主运动甚至梦游的行为。用于治疗精神疾病的药物可能会增加成年人患梦游症的可能性。以下文章是一例精神分裂症患者出现梦游症的病例报告，该梦游症发生在使用奥氮平治疗急性发作缓解之后。当奥氮平剂量减少时，随访6个月后未报告先前出现过的类似症状。
