A child suffers from sudden apparent arousals in which she expresses intense fear or other emo-tion. Her mother reports that she seems to wake screaming, but that she is difficult to waken completely. The child most likely suffers from:
a. night terrors.
b. parasomnia.
c. somnambulism.
d. enuresis episodes.
ANS: A
Night terrors are characterized by sudden apparent arousals in which the child expresses intense fear or emotion. Parasomnia is unusual behaviors during sleep. Somnambulism is sleep-walking. Enuresis episodes are bed-wetting.
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