Sleep and Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents offers an in-depth study of the relationship between sleep disorders and common psychiatric disorders in children.

Sleep and Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents covers:

• sleep and attention deficit/hyperactivity, autism, and anxiety/depression
• sleep disorders and obesity (including diabetes and metabolic syndrome), a subject that recently has become very prevalent in independent research studies
• current pharmacotherapies for pediatric insomnia, with an overview of pediatric psychopharmacology
• cross-cultural issues in sleep practices and habits
• medical-legal aspects of pediatric sleep medicine

Sleep and Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents includes practical tools for the clinician in treating children that include guidelines to assess sleep, sleep questionnaires, and behavioral scales, making this a great well-roundedresource, for not only sleep specialists, but psychiatrists, neurologists, and pediatricians as well.

Contents

1. Sleep and Behavior in Children and Adolescents: A Multi-System, Developmental Heuristic Model
2. Normal Sleep Development in Infants and Toddlers
3. Behavioral Sleep Disorders in Infants and Toddlers
4. Sleep Practice and Habits in Children across Different Cultures
5. Links Between Family Functioning and Children's Sleep
6. Ciradian Sleep Disorders and Comorbid Psychiatric and Behavioral Disorders in Children adn Adolescents
7. School Start Time and Its Impact on Learning and Behavior
8. Evaluation of Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents
9. Assessment of Sleep Problems in a School Setting or Private Practice
10. Impact of Sleep Loss on Children and Adolescents
11. Neurocognitive and Behavioral Consequences of Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children
12. Narcolepsy and Idiophatic Hypersomnia in Childhood
13. Kleine-Levin Syndrome
14. Sleep Problems in Children with ADHD, Impact of Treatment and Comorbidities
15. Restless Legs Sydrome and Periodic Limb Movement Disorders: Association with ADHD
16. Melatonin in Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
17. Epidemiology of Insomnia
18. Pharmacological Treatments of Pediatric Insomnia
19. Nonpharmacological Interventions for Sleep Disorders in Children
20. Sleep and Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents
21. Quantitative EEG Studies of Attention Disorders and Mood Disorders in Children
22. Parasomnias in Childhood
23. Sleep in Children with Anxiety Disorders
24. Autism Spectrum Disorders and Sleep
25. Sleep Interventions in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
26. Sleep and Substance Abuse in Adolescents
27. Overview of Pediatric Psychopharmacology
28. Sleep and Obesity in Children

Index

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