Prevalence of sleep disorder diagnoses and sleep medication prescriptions in individuals with ADHD across the lifespan: a Swedish nationwide register-based study
Conclusions
Individuals with ADHD have a substantially increased risk of sleep disorder diagnoses and sleep medication prescriptions, from childhood into older adulthood.
Clinical implications
More clinical efforts are needed to tackle impairing sleep problems in individuals with ADHD via systematic sleep assessment, appropriate diagnosis, and pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions. Sleep medication use should be informed by sleep disorder diagnosis.
Source: Evidence-Based Mental Health - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ahlberg, R., Garcia-Argibay, M., Taylor, M., Lichtenstein, P., D'Onofrio, B. M., Butwicka, A., Hill, C., Cortese, S., Larsson, H., Du Rietz, E. Tags: Open access Child and adolescent mental health Source Type: research
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