Am J Psychiatry 1976; 133:1321-1323
Copyright © 1976 by American Psychiatric Association
Problems in the differential diagnosis of narcolepsy versus schizophrenia
B Shapiro and H Spitz
The authors discuss the problems of accurately diagnosing narcolepsy when
patients manifest the auxiliary symptoms of this disorder, i.e., cataplexy,
hypnagogic hallucinations, and sleep paralysis, which conclude that
misdiagnosis of narcolepsy can be avoided if clinicians are aware that this
illness can simulate a psychiatric disorder and if they give careful
attention to the histroy of the patient's illness.
