title: Screening and evaluation of sleep disorders in children and adolescents.
abstract: Most pediatric professionals do not use a systematic screening, identification, or referral process to detect serious sleep problems and disorders in children and adolescents. Therefore, only 2% to 3% of children with sleep disorders are identified and treated. This article presents a screening, referral, and diagnostic process that helps detect and correct sleep disorders that impact children's learning, behavioral and emotional functioning, and health.
authors.affiliation: Child Uplift, Inc, PO Box 146, Fairview, WY 83119, USA. childuplift@aol.com
authors.forename: Marsha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luginbuehl
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Kohler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008403:Mass Screening; D009290:Narcolepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D017286:Polysomnography; D012016:Reference Values; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012892:Sleep Deprivation; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires