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Sleep and Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents: 05
Author(s): Anna Ivanenko
- Publisher: CRC Press
- Publication Date: 19 May 2008
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 432 pages
- ISBN-10: 1420048074
- ISBN-13: 9781420048070
Book Description
The first book to offer an in-depth study of the relationship between sleep disorders and common psychiatric disorders in children, this new addition to Informa’s Sleep Disorders series covers:
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- sleep and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism, anxiety, and depression
- sleep disorders and obesity (including diabetes and metabolic syndrome), a subject that recently has become very prevalent in independent research studies
- current pharmacotherapies for pediatric insomnia, with an overview of pediatric psychopharmacology
- cross-cultural issues in sleep practices and habits
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Sleep and Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents provides practical tools for the clinician for treating children, including guidelines to assess sleep, sleep questionnaires, and behavioral scales, making this a well-rounded resource, for not only sleep specialists, but psychiatrists, neurologists, and pediatricians as well.
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About the Author
ANNA IVANENKO is Director, Pediatric Sleep Medicine, Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, Illinois, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, and Pediatric Sleep Medicine Director, Chicago Sleep Group, Elk Grove Village, Illinois. Dr. Ivanenko received her M.D. from Pavlov’s St. Petersburg Medical University, Russia, and her Ph.D. in Neurophysiology from the Institute of Experimental Medicine, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia. Dr. Ivanenko is a member of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
