Research Article: Sleep Disturbances in Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Introduction:
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects approximately –% of youth. – Biological and psychosocial changes in adolescence have been shown to result in a significant rise in the prevalence of insomnia and the onset of delayed sleep phase sleep syndrome , (DSPS) in the general population of adolescents. – A diagnosis of ADHD has been linked to a wide range of sleep problems, – and it has been proposed that untreated sleep disturbances exacerbate ADHD. However, evidence regarding the prevalence or…
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