Developmental Features of Sleep

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Sleep disorders are common in children and adolescents who present for psychological or psychiatric evaluation. A thorough understanding of sleep and sleep disorders is important for psychiatrists and other mental health professionals, as there is often a relationship among sleep, medical, and psychiatric issues. Not only may sleep disorders be mistaken for psychiatric or psychological disorders, but medical and psychiatric disorders can cause sleep disturbances. The purpose of this article is to provide detailed information about sleep and its evaluation, discuss the most common sleep disorders seen in children and adolescents, and provide an understanding of the relationships among sleep disturbances and medical and psychiatric disorders.

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