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Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents

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Behavioral Pediatrics

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In ancient Greece thousands of years ago it was written that Night gave birth to twin sons, Hypnos (Sleep) and Thanatos (Death); and Hypnos had a son Morpheus, the god of dreams. Like the Greeks, we continue to be fascinated with sleep, with dreams, and with death. Even today children may recite the prayer: “Now I lay me down to sleep . . . If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.” Adults spend about one third of their lives in sleep. Children spend a larger proportion of their lives asleep than adults, and may experience a variety of childhood sleep disorders that can disrupt that sleep. In fact, sleep disorders are among the most common problems encountered by primary care physicians who see and treat young children. This is because these disorders affect the child and the parents, at night and also the following day. Both the child and the parents may suffer from fatigue and irritability for days after a night of decreased sleep, but it is usually the parent who suffers more since it is easier for the young child to catch up on sleep during the day. Young children rarely complain of sleep disorders; it is the parents who express the concern.

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  1. Ken Sladkin
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  1. Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Michigan State University, Kalamazoo, MI, 49001, USA

    Donald E. Greydanus

  2. Child Development Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232-3573, USA

    Mark L. Wolraich

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Sladkin, K., Brown, L.W. (1992). Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents. In: Greydanus, D.E., Wolraich, M.L. (eds) Behavioral Pediatrics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2774-8_28

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