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Psychiatry Sleep disorders and eating disorders 7b5991f5

Not true about somnambulism among the following is

A
Low level motor skill/function is present
B
Sleep walking
C
Disorder of sleep arousal
D
Patient consciousness is not preserved
High-Yield Explanation
* Somnambulism is an arousal parasomnia consisting of a series of complex behaviours that result in large movements in bed or walking during sleep. * Also called sleep walking, in this condition individual arises from bed and ambulates without fully awakening. * Individuals can engage in a variety of complex behaviours while unconscious. * Sleepwalks characteristically begin toward the end of the first or second slow wave sleep episodes (NREM stage III and IV). * Sleepwalking episodes may range from sitting up and attempting to walk to conducting an involved sequence of semi-purposeful actions Ref:- Kaplan & Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry 10th edition; Pg num:- 762

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