Pediatric sleep disorders: a review of the past 10 years.
OBJECTIVE
To provide a 10-year review of pediatric sleep disorders medicine.


METHODS
DSM-IV is used to organize the presentation from a developmental perspective.


RESULTS
Pediatric sleep disorders can be subdivided into four broad categories: Primary Sleep Disorders that include two subcategories, Dyssomnias and Parasomnias; Sleep Disorder Related to Another Mental Disorder; Sleep Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition; and Substance-Induced Sleep Disorder. Behavioral and supportive methods of treatment remain the most useful methods for treating primary sleep disorders in childhood.
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Department of Psychiatry, University of California Davis, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications; D017286:Polysomnography; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy