Wednesday, March 27, 2002

Science seeks to solve 'sleep sex' mystery Stanford University sleep researchers say they have learned to treat a rare medical disorder that causes patients to commit sexual acts -- sometimes extremely violent ones -- even while they are fast asleep.
Some of the patients may often moan or cry out in sexual excitement that merely disrupts their partners, according to Dr. Christian Guilleminault, a psychiatrist at Stanford's sleep disorders clinic, while others have been known to assault their bedmates sexually or masturbate so violently they may damage themselves.