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Carer-reported sleep disturbance and carer- and teacher-rated executive functioning in children with prenatal alcohol exposure and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Child Neuropsychol. 2024 Apr 12:1-22. doi: 10.1080/09297049.2024.2337715. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTChildren with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) have high rates of sleep disturbance and marked difficulties with executive functioning (EF). Sleep disturbance has been associated with poorer EF across development in typically developing children. The contribution of insomnia symptoms and nightmares to EF difficulties in children with PAE and FASD is unclear. The current study examined whether caregiver-reported insomnia symptoms and nightmares predicted difficulties with EF in ch...
Source: Child Neuropsychology - April 12, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Ned Chandler-Mather Ali Crichton Doug Shelton Katrina Harris Caroline Donovan Sharon Dawe Source Type: research

Nightmare types and suicide.
Dreaming, Vol 34(1), Mar 2024, 1-7; doi:10.1037/drm0000261Previous research has robustly documented the relationship between sleep and suicide, where many aspects of poor sleep quality, sleep disturbances, and sleep disorders have been found to predict suicide. Research has also linked nightmares to suicide. It is not known, however, if nightmare types (idiopathic, trauma-related, and complex nightmares [nightmares with comorbid sleep and breathing diagnoses]) may differentially affect mental health. Thus, the current study examines the relationships between different nightmare types, suicide attempts, and mental health tr...
Source: Dreaming - March 28, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Construction and Initial Examination of Inter-Rater Reliability of a Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5-TR Sleep Disorders (SCISD) - Kid
CONCLUSIONS: The SCISD-Kid is a promising tool for screening sleep disorders. It showed good to excellent reliability across both samples. Next steps for validation will be discussed.PMID:38457486 | DOI:10.1080/15402002.2024.2324035 (Source: Behavioral Sleep Medicine)
Source: Behavioral Sleep Medicine - March 8, 2024 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Mollie E Rischard Tara R Buck Kristi E Pruiksma Aviva Johns Lisa D Cromer Source Type: research

Sleep Disorders, Sleep Medication Use, and Predictors of Sleep Disturbance in Children with Persistent Tic Disorders
Child Health Care. 2024;53(1):23-40. doi: 10.1080/02739615.2023.2175682. Epub 2023 Feb 25.ABSTRACTThe present study examined rates of sleep disorders and sleep medication use, and predictors of sleep disturbance in children with persistent tic disorders (PTD). Sixty-three parents of children aged 10 to 17 years with PTDs completed an internet survey evaluating sleep patterns and clinical symptoms. Insomnia (19.4%), nightmares (16.1%), and bruxism (13.1%) were the most commonly reported lifetime sleep disorders. Fifty-two percent endorsed current sleep medication use. Higher ADHD severity, overall life impairment, and femal...
Source: Children's Health Care - March 4, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Valerie Swisher Maya Tooker Christine Qu Helen J Burgess Meredith E Coles Shannon Bennett John Piacentini Christopher S Colwell Emily J Ricketts Source Type: research