Night Terror AXIS I: 307.46
The rare sleep disorder goes by many names: night terrors, sleep terrors, pavor nocturnus, or AXIS I: 307.46 (The DSM’s code). It remains a medical mystery. What medical researchers do know is that night terrors are caused by an over-arousal of the central nervous system (CNS) during sleep. In children, this may be the result of the CNS still maturing — it has long been believed that the CNS’s maturation process ends in early childhood (although several recent studies suggest it may continue to develop through around age 25).
Medical Experts Seek Clues to 'Nightmare Deaths' That Strike Male Asian Refugees
January 11, 1987|LARRY DOYLE | United Press International
Since April, 1983
...at least 130 Southeast Asian refugees have left this world in essentially the same way. They cried out in their sleep. And then they died.Medical authorities call this Asian Death Syndrome. The refugees have various names for it, one of them being Night Terror.