"If it continues to be a problem, then you would treat them with medication." Schachter said she hoped that anyone with a history of a violent form of parasomnia, especially sexsomnia, would ...

Over the past decade, “sexsomnia” has been used as a defence in a number of Australian sexual assault trials. This sleep ...

Last week, a Sydney man with sexsomnia was acquitted of rape charges. The dispute was not whether he had sex with the woman, nor whether she consented. The question was whether the man’s actions were ...

Certain medications have proved effective in treating SERD ... sedative-hypnotic medication as it can trigger sleep-related parasomnia.

A judge has rejected the defence of a Manitoba man who claimed he was suffering from sexsomnia, a rare sleep disorder, when ...

The sexsomnia argument didn’t cut it. A Manitoba judge wouldn’t accept that Clinton Muskego was suffering from the rare disorder — which involves engaging in sexual behaviour while asleep — when he ...

It is a parasomnia, or sleep disorder ... Some important Australian cases have considered whether the law should treat sexsomnia as an ongoing mental disorder instead of a transitory "malfunction ...

A judge has rejected the defence of a Manitoba man who claimed he was suffering from sexsomnia, a rare sleep disorder, when ...

"The group spent a pleasant evening together at the apartment," said the judge, adding the boy played video games while Muskego gave the woman a facial treatment ... was in a parasomnia state ...

Sexsomnia is a form of parasomnia such as sleepwalking and night ... the jury asked questions via notes including whether there was a treatment protocol for sexsomnia and whether there was ...