Attention Deficit Disorders and Sleep/Arousal Disturbance
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A bstract: Many children, adolescents, and adults with Attention Deficit Disorders report chronic difficulties with falling asleep, awakening and/or maintaining adequate daytime alertness. These problems may be due to a variety of factors, including environment, lifestyle, and psychiatric comorbidities. Impairments in sleep/arousal may also be related more directly to the underlying pathophysiology of ADD. This chapter describes clinical manifestations of sleep/arousal problems often associated with ADD and reviews behavioral and medication options for treatment.
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An observational report suggested that some patients with ADHD are able to get to sleep easily within just a few hours of taking a dose of stimulant medication, others need an interval of up to 6-8 h.
“An observational report suggested that some patients with ADHD are able to get to sleep easily within just a few hours of taking a dose of stimulant medication, others need an interval of up to 6–8 h [25].”
From European guidelines on managing adverse effects of medication for ADHD (2011) · cites this paper as [25]
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- Authors
- BROWN, T. E., & McMULLEN, W. J.
- Affiliations
- Yale University (US)
- California Pacific Medical Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- BROWN, THOMAS E.
- ORCID
- BROWN, THOMAS E.
- Venue
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2001-06
- Volume
- 931
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 271-286
- ISSN
- 0077-8923 (ISSN-L)
- 1749-6632
- OpenAlex
- W2145777343
- Cited by
- 95
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 7
- FWCI
- 0.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Keywords
- attention deficit disorder, sleep disorders, arousal, daytime alertness, sleep onset difficulty, psychiatric comorbidity, pathophysiology, behavior therapy, pharmacotherapy, children and adolescents
- MeSH terms
- Arousal, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Brain, Humans, Sleep Wake Disorders, Wakefulness
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