About This Video

Parasomnias are extreme sleeping behaviors that include bizarre phenomena such as “sleep violence,” “sleep binging,” and “sleep sex.” In his treatment of patients with a parasomnia known as REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), sleep clinician Carlos Schenck made several discoveries that led to a greater understanding of sleep disorders and dreaming, as well as a surprising link between RBD and Parkinson’s disease.
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Recorded June 2011; Posted October 2011