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Abnormal Sexual Behavior During Sleep in an Adolescent: Sexsomnia and Defecation
Oya Güleşen Kapan,
Zeynep Ihtiyar Aydilek,
Mustafa Kapan,
Mehmet Baştemur,
Güray Koç,
Şahin Bodur,
Sinan Yetkin,
Mehmet Ayhan Cöngöloğlu
Affiliations
Oya Güleşen Kapan
ORCiD Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Zeynep Ihtiyar Aydilek
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Van Erciş Şehit Rıdvan Çevik Devlet Hastanesi, Van, Turkey
Mustafa Kapan
ORCiD Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Gülhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Mehmet Baştemur
Department of Pediatric Neurology, Gülhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Güray Koç
Department of Neurology, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Şahin Bodur
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Gülhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Sinan Yetkin
Department of Psychiatry, Gülhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Mehmet Ayhan Cöngöloğlu
ORCiD Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Gülhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0045-1809927
Abstract
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Sexsomnia is characterized by sexual behaviors ranging from masturbation, sexual sounds, and verbalizations, to touching and full sexual intercourse during NREM sleep, with subsequent amnesia. Autonomic activation occurs with sexual arousal. Sexsomnia has been described mostly in adult males and is still an underrecognized condition. Treatment is often effective but without current consensus.
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