title: Attention deficit disorders and sleep/arousal disturbance.
abstract: Many children, adolescents, and adults with Attention Deficit Disorders report chronic difficulties with falling asleep, awakening and/or maintaining adequate daytime alertness. These problems may be due to a variety of factors, including environment, lifestyle, and psychiatric comorbidities. Impairments in sleep/arousal may also be related more directly to the underlying pathophysiology of ADD. This chapter describes clinical manifestations of sleep/arousal problems often associated with ADD and reviews behavioral and medication options for treatment.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Attention and Related Disorders, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06519, USA. TEBrownyu@aol.com
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: McMullen
mesh_terms: D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology*; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014851:Wakefulness / Q000502:physiology