Aprile 2015 - Volume XXXIV - numero 4
Aggiornamento
1Dipartimento dei Processi di Sviluppo e Socializzazione, Università Sapienza, Roma
2Servizio di Neurologia e Neuroriabilitazione per l’età evolutiva, Ospedale Centrale di Bolzano
Indirizzo per corrispondenza: oliviero.bruni@uniroma1.it
Key words: Insomnia, Children, Non-drug therapy, Drug therapy
The aim of the present work is to summarize recent advances in the field of clinical paediatric sleep medicine and to give tools for clinical assessment and treatment of paediatric insomnia. Bedtime problems and night awakenings are common cause of paediatric consultation and have an impact on quality of life of both child and family. Epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical evaluation, sequelae, and treatment are described. Clinical tools for assessment and behavioural and pharmacological treatment are presented.
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