title: Sleep and sleep disorders in children and adolescents.
abstract: Pediatric sleep disorders are common, affecting approximately 25% to 40% of children and adolescents. Although there are several different types of sleep disorders that affect youth, each disorder can have a significant impact on daytime functioning and development, including learning, growth, behavior, and emotion regulation. Researchers are only beginning to uncover the interaction between sleep and psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents, including depression, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and autism. This article reviews normal sleep and sleep disorders in children and adolescents, the assessment of sleep in pediatric populations, common pediatric sleep disorders, and sleep in children who have common psychiatric disorders.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. meltzerL@email.chop.edu
authors.forename: Lisa J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Meltzer
authors.forename: Jodi A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Mindell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009290:Narcolepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D017286:Polysomnography; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*