Abstract
The presentation of insomnia varies greatly across human development, from the referral process to evaluation and treatment. For example, adults with insomnia tend to present with difficulties initiating and/or maintaining sleep despite their best efforts to capture sleep. Young children, on the other hand, may actively resist sleep despite their parents' best efforts to coax them to sleep. The current article takes a developmental approach to describing the clinical presentations of insomnia across pediatric populations. Suggestions are provided to health professionals interested in conducting a thorough clinical evaluation of insomnia, then delivering evidence-based or emerging cognitive-behavioral and pharmacological interventions to infants, children and adolescents.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms |
Subtitle of host publication | Volume 1-6, Second Edition |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 204-213 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780323910941 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2023 |
Keywords
- Assessment
- Bedtime
- Behavior management
- Behavioral insomnia of childhood
- Behavioral treatment
- Evaluation
- Insomnia
- Intervention
- Night-waking
- Pediatric
- Sleep
- Treatment
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Neuroscience