Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents, An Issue of Psychiatric Clinics of North America

1st Edition, Volume 47-1 - February 2, 2024
Editors: Argelinda Baroni, Jessica Lunsford-Avery
Language: English
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In this issue of Psychiatric Clinics, guest editors Drs. Jessica Lunsford-Avery and Argelinda Baroni bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents. Top experts in the field cover neurocognitive effects of sleep disruption; medications used for pediatric insomnia; behavioral treatment of insomnia and sleep disturbances; the parasomnias; restless leg syndrome; autism spectrum disorder and sleep; and more.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Forthcoming Issues
Preface
Normal Sleep in Children and Adolescence
Key points
Introduction
Impact of sleep on youth health and well being
Sleep changes across child development
Psychosocial barriers to sleep across childhood and adolescence
Summary
Clinics care points
Sleep and Technology in Early Childhood
Key points
Introduction
Definitions
Research
Considerations and controversies
Future directions
Clinical aspects of technology use and sleep
Summary
Clinics care points
Neurocognitive Effects of Sleep Disruption in Children and Adolescents
Key points
Introduction
Current evidence on sleep macrostructure disruption and cognition
Current evidence of sleep microstructure disruption and cognition
Discussing the clinical relevance
Clinics care points
Classification and Epidemiology of Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Key points
Classification systems for sleep disorders
Epidemiology of sleep disorders
Prevalence of sleep disturbances in children with psychiatric disorders
Summary
Clinics care points
Screening and Evaluation of Sleep Disturbances and Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Key points
Introduction
Sleep disturbances in the pediatric population
Screening of sleep disturbances
Comprehensive clinical sleep evaluation
When to refer to a sleep specialist: Complex cases and polysomnography
Actigraphy, consumer wearables, and mobile sleep applications
Pediatric tele-sleep evaluation
Summary
Clinics care points
Medications Used for Pediatric Insomnia
Key points
Introduction
General principles for medication use in pediatric insomnia
Specific features of medications used for pediatric insomnia
Summary
Clinics care points
Behavioral Treatment of Insomnia and Sleep Disturbances in School-Aged Children and Adolescents
Key points
Introduction
Behavioral treatment options
Clinics care points
Pediatric Insomnia
Key points
Introduction
Summary
Clinics care points
The Parasomnias
Key points
Introduction
Non–rapid eye movement–related parasomnias
Rapid eye movement–related parasomnias
Sleep enuresis
Summary
Clinics care points
Restless Legs Syndrome in Children and Adolescents
Key points
Restless legs syndrome
Clinical features
Presentation in children with psychiatric comorbidities
Treatment
New developments
Summary
Clinics care points
Just Let Me Sleep in: Identifying and Treating Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder in Adolescents
Key points
Introduction
Delayed sleep phase disorder symptoms
Comorbidities of delayed sleep phase disorder
Biological and environmental factors affecting sleep phase
Assessment of delayed sleep phase disorder and sleep cycles
Treatment
Advancing and delaying sleep phase
Light exposure and lightboxes
Summary
Future directions
Clinics care points
The Associations Between Sleep and Externalizing and Internalizing Problems in Children and Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Empirical Findings, Clinical Implications, and Future Research Directions
Key points
Introduction
Methods
Results
Discussion
Limitations and future research directions
Clinics care points
Autism Spectrum Disorder and Sleep
Key points
Introduction
Subjective and objective features of sleep problems in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder
Neurobiology of autism spectrum disorder and sleep
Impact of sleep disorders on daytime behavior and parental stress
Assessment
Treatment
Summary
Clinics care points
Sleep-Related Problems and Pediatric Anxiety Disorders
Key points
Introduction
Assessment
Associations between sleep-related problems and anxiety
Associations with specific anxiety disorders
Directionality of the relationships between sleep and anxiety
Anxiety and sleep across developmental stages
Interventions
Discussion
Clinics care points
Afraid and Awake: The Interaction Between Trauma and Sleep in Children and Adolescents
Key points
Introduction
Background and prevalence
How to evaluate sleep disturbances in the context of trauma (and vice versa)
Treatment
Summary
Clinics care points
Sleep and Mood Disorders Among Youth
Key points
Defining sleep problems among children and adolescents
Rates of sleep disorders among youth with mood disorders
Sleep problems may predict and predate the development of mood disorders
The relationship between mood disorders and the development of sleep disorders
Comorbidity between mood disorders and sleep problems is associated with greater symptom severity
Sleep problems may be associated with poor mood disorder treatment response
Sleep problems may be associated with recurrence of mood episodes
Treatment of comorbid mood disorders and sleep problems
Summary
Clinics care points
When Night Falls Fast: Sleep and Suicidal Behavior Among Adolescents and Young Adults
Key points
Introduction
Sleep disturbances and suicidal ideation and behaviors
Potential mechanisms in the relation between sleep disturbances and suicide risk
Application to clinical care
Summary
Clinics care points

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