Uncontrolled Autonemy Case Summary

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| Psychology Collection | Schenck, Carlos H. "Uncontrolled intimacy: sexual sleep disorders: troublesome bedroom behavior posed by sexual sleep disorders can damage relationships and present serious problems for patients and bed partners." Sleep ReviewOct. 2007: 24+. Psychology Collection. Web. 7 Nov. 2013.Document URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA169023892&v=2.1&u=colu91149&it=r&p=PPPC&sw=w | Title: Uncontrolled intimacy: sexual sleep disorders: troublesome bedroom behavior posed by sexual sleep disorders can damage relationships and present serious problems for patients and bed partnersAuthor(s): Carlos H. SchenckSource: Sleep Review. 8.7 (Oct. 2007): p24.Document Type: Case studyCopyright : COPYRIGHT…show more content…
Sexsomnia is an unusual sexual behavior occurs while person is sleeping. The cases of sexsomnia need immediate treatment because there is possibility for sexual assault which has negative effects for victims. In this case, a 32 year old man, is seeking help regarding sexsomnia and had a complaint about “ fondling of my wife during sleep”(schenck, 2007) and snoring from last 4 years. His wife also complaint about sleep talking which is not related to sex and loud snoring during a sleep. His wife was quiet frustrated with sleep sex and doubted that she could continue her marital relationship with her husband if this happen again and again. When she tried to wake him up during sexsomnia episodes, he just could recall having dream about having sex with his wife but, his sexual behavior was not violent or aggressive. A couple also reported that they did not had any marital conflict, history of sleep disorder and other stress in their lives. Moreover, subject did not had any personal history of parasomnia and family history of it and any other psychological disorder that significant effect on him. Other distinct feature was he could not recall about his sexsomnia episodes when he wake
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