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Pediatric Sleep Disorders: A Unique Opportunity for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
As Thomas Dekker stated, “Sleep is the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together,” and sleep is elemental to children’s health. After a restful night of sleep, children and adolescents are poised to interact with and learn from their environment. Alert and calm, they are ready to acquire new knowledge, bui ld positive peer and family relationships, and develop coping abilities for navigating challenging situations. They are apt to be physically active, deriving a host of related physical and mental health benefits, and are able to draw from optimal cognitive and emotional resources to support their pe rfo...
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America - October 27, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jessica R. Lunsford-Avery, Argelinda Baroni Tags: Preface Source Type: research

Behavioral Treatment of Insomnia and Sleep Disturbances in School-Aged Children and Adolescents
Insomnia and related sleep disturbances are prevalent among youth and are associated with adverse consequences, including poorer psychiatric functioning. Behavioral sleep interventions, ranging from brief educational interventions to behavioral therapies (cognitive behavior therapy –insomnia), are associated with positive outcomes for pediatric sleep health. In addition, sleep interventions may improve psychiatric health for children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental and internalizing disorders. Additional research is necessary to clarify the efficacy of these interven tions over the long-term and across demographi...
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America - October 21, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jessica R. Lunsford-Avery, Tatyana Bidopia, Leah Jackson, Jessica Solis Sloan Source Type: research

Sleep and Technology in Early Childhood
Research suggests that technology use is associated with poorer sleep outcomes among children less than 6  years of age. These associations are evident regardless of the type of technology studied, although evening exposure may have the greatest impact compared with technology use during other parts of the day. More work is needed, particularly given that technology use is relatively high among young c hildren. Clinicians should assess patients’ technology exposure, including before bedtime, to assess whether sleep issues stem from children’s technology use. Moreover, clinicians should educate caregivers about the ass...
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America - October 21, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Amy I. Nathanson Source Type: research

Classification and Epidemiology of Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Sleep disturbances are common in children and adolescents but still remain unrecognized and undertreated. Several classification systems of sleep disorders are available, which include recent attempts to develop more specific nosologic categories that reflect developmental aspects of sleep. The prevalence of sleep disorders has been studied across various samples of healthy, typically developing children and those with special medical, psychiatric, and neurodevelopmental needs. Sleep disorders are highly prevalent in children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders, making it important for mental health professionals to...
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America - October 20, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Irina Trosman, Anna Ivanenko Source Type: research

Neurocognitive Effects of Sleep Disruption in Children and Adolescents
A main childhood task is learning. In this task, the role of sleep is increasingly demonstrated. Although most literature examining this role focuses on preadolescence and middle adolescence, some studies apply napping designs in preschoolers. Studies overall conclude that without proper sleep a child ’s cognitive abilities suffer, but questions on how and to what extent linger. Observational studies show the hazards of potential confounders such as an individual’s resilience to poor sleep as well as developmental risk factors (eg, disorders, stressors). A better understanding of cognitive sl eep neuroscience may have ...
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America - October 20, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Karen Spruyt Source Type: research