[Sleep disorders in childhood and adolescence].
Sleep disorders in children are very common and their impact on emotional and cognitive functions is considerable. Various pathogenetic factors have to be considered, especially a disturbed sleep-wake rhythm but also organic or psychiatric causes. Symptoms and pathogenetic factors for sleep disorders in children are quite different from adults. In children especially parent-child interactional factors and developmental aspects of the sleep architecture have to be taken into account what necessitates a different diagnostic approach. This article describes systematically typical sleep disorders in children and gives practical advices for an anamnestic and diagnostic access to the subject.
Jan
J
Frölich
Gerd
G
Lehmkuhl
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D020447:Parasomnias / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*