Sleep disturbances among children and adolescents are common. Left untreated, sleep problems can result in significant emotional, behavioral, and cognitive impairment and can put youth at risk for poor school performance, accidents, and social or medical problems. Today's newsletter focuses on the treatment of sleep problems in young people.
3. PEDIATRICS Sleep and Behavior Problems in School-Aged Children
Parental reports of their children's sleep problems may be a red flag for specific sleep problems and psychiatric, social, or medical problems. www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/107/4/e60
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4. PEDIATRICS Television-viewing Habits and Sleep Disturbance in School Children
The presence of a television set in the child's bedroom may be a relatively under recognized, but important, contributor to sleep problems in school children.
5. ATHEALTH.COM Nightmare Remedies: Helping Your Child Tame the Demons of the Night
Alan Siegel, PhD, tells parents how they can help their children cope with nightmares.
6. MONITOR ON PSYCHOLOGY Sleep Deprivation May Be Undermining Teen Health
Research suggests that lack of sufficient sleep--a rampant problem among teens--appears to put adolescents at risk for cognitive and emotional difficulties, poor school performance, accidents and psychopathology.
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