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Sleep Disturbances in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

A Comparative Study with Healthy Siblings

Aliza Ring is the director of the Child and Adolescent Outpatient Clinic at Abarbanel Mental Health Center in Bat Yam, Israel. Her research interests include pervasive developmental disorders, childhood-onset psychoses, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Daniel Stein, MD

Daniel Stein, MD is a lecturer in psychiatry at Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel, and the director of the Adolescent Inpatient Department of Abarbanel Mental Health Center in Bat Yam. His research interests include eating disorders, adolescent suicide, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Address: Daniel Stein, Abarbanel Mental Health Center, 15 Keren Kayemet Blvd., Bat Yam, Israel 59100.

Yoram Barak, MD

Yoram Barak is a lecturer in psychiatry at Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel, and the director of the Psychogeriatric Department at Abarbanel Mental Health Center in Bat Yam. His research interests include dementia, pervasive developmental disorders, and chronobiology.

Aharon Teicher, PhD

Aharon Teicher works in the Chronobiology Unit, Department of Human Genetics, at Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Jack Hadjez, MD

Jack Hadjez is the director of the Outpatient Clinic of Lev Hasharon Medical Mental Health Center in Netanya, Israel. His research interests are sleep and depression.

Avner Elizur, MD

Avner Elizur is a full professor of psychiatry at Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel, and the director of Abarbanel Mental Health Center in Bat Yam. His research interests include family therapy, impulse control disorders, and organization of medical institutions.

Abraham Weizman, MD

Abraham Weizman is a full professor of psychiatry at Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel, and the director of the Research Department ofGeha Psychiatric Hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel. His research interests include biological psychiatry and psychophar-macology.

The sleep profiles of 13 children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who were treated with a fixed dose of methylphenidate for at least 1 month were compared with those of 16 healthy siblings. Sleep disturbances were assessed according to a structured sleep questionnaire, and the severity of ADHD was evaluated via the Conners Parents Teachers Rating Scale. The results indicated that significantly more children with ADHD demonstrated single or multiple sleep disturbances as well as higher rates of specific sleep disorders, such as initial and middle insomnia, compared with their siblings. No correlation was found between the severity of ADHD and disturbed sleep. Sleep duration and satisfaction with sleep were similar in the two groups. These findings raise important questions regarding the association between ADHD and disturbed sleep.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 31, No. 6, 572-578 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/002221949803100607


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