• Dialogues Clin Neurosci · Jan 2009

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    Aspects of sleep disorders in children and adolescents.

    • Gregory Stores.
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK. gregory.stores@psych.ox.ac.uk
    • Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2009 Jan 1; 11 (1): 81-90.

    AbstractSleep disorders in children and adolescents is a topic that has been, and remains, neglected in both public health education and professional training. Although much knowledge has been accumulated in recent times, it has been poorly disseminated and, therefore, relatively little is put into practice. Only some general issues can be discussed in this article. The aspects chosen relate mainly to clinical practice, but they also have relevance for research. They concern various differences between sleep disorders in children and those in adults, the occurrence of such disorders in young people, their effects on psychological and physical development, the essential (but often ignored) distinction between sleep problems and their underlying causes (i.e., sleep disorders), types of sleep disturbance encountered at different ages during development, and the differential diagnosis of certain parasomnias that are at particular risk of being confused.

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