Practitioner Review: Treatment of chronic insomnia in children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disabilities

ConclusionsHere, we provided a tentative guide for the use of drugs for insomnia in children with NDDs. Well‐controlled studies employing both objective polysomnography and subjective sleep measures are needed to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, and safety of the currently prescribed pediatric sleep medicines in children with NDDs.

Source: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry - September 18, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Oliviero Bruni, Marco Angriman, Fabrizio Calisti, Alessandro Comandini, Giovanna Esposito, Samuele Cortese, Raffaele Ferri Tags: Practitioner Review Source Type: research