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Management of childhood sleep disorders
Author(s) -
Salkind Jessica,
Sutcliffe Alastair
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1410
Subject(s) - medicine , insomnia , referral , sleep (system call) , psychiatry , primary care , delayed sleep phase , sleep disorder , pediatrics , family medicine , computer science , operating system
Sleep disorders are common in childhood and can have significant effects on the health and wellbeing of both children and their families. This article discusses the management of the sleep disorders most commonly encountered in primary care, including insomnia, delayed sleep phase disorder and parasomnias, as well describing the less common but more serious conditions that require referral for specialist investigation.