Disturbed sleep
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The role of sleep in prospective associations between parent reported youth screen media activity and behavioral health
Paper from the CAMH journal – ‘We examined whether sleep mediated the association between screen media activity and youth behavioral health among a community sample’. Darlynn M. Rojo-Wissar (pic) et al.
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Variation in sleep profiles in children with ADHD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) and associated clinical characteristics
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘We examined the profiles of sleep difficulties in children with ADHD and associated clinical factors (e.g. co-occurring mental health conditions, stimulant use and parent mental health).’ Emma Sciberras (pic) et al.
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Infant sleep predicts trajectories of social attention and later autism traits
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘We used a prospective longitudinal design in infants with a family history of ASD and/or ADHD to examine infant sleep and its relation to trajectories of attention and later neurodevelopmental disorders.’ Jannath Begum-Ali et al.
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Clinical Review: Sleep disturbance as transdiagnostic mediator between adverse childhood experiences and psychopathology in children and adolescents: A structural equation modeling meta-analysis
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘The present study used a novel two-stage meta-analytic structural equation model to investigate whether ACEs predict psychopathology through sleep disturbance’. Jianlin Liu et al.
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Sleep problems from infancy are linked with impaired well-being in middle childhood
Researchers in the USA and Australia have found that sleep disturbances from early childhood are associated with reductions in well-being at age 10-11 years old. Ariel Williamson and colleagues came to this conclusion after analysing data from >5,000 children enrolled in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children – Birth Cohort.
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Insufficient sleep might affect children’s emotional health
Data from a new study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry suggest that insufficient sleep can affect emotional health in children. The study, conducted by Candice Alfano and colleagues, assessed the impact of sleep duration on different aspects of emotion in a cohort of 53 children aged 7-11 years old.
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Insufficient sleep during adolescence might pose a risk for later depression and anxiety
A new study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry has found that young people who have poor sleep quality and quantity might be at risk of poor mental health later in adolescence and early adulthood.
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September 2020 – The Bridge
The month of September is a challenging time for young people, as they start a new school year. September 2020 will be particularly difficult for many, as they must also deal with the stresses of the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing, as well as the effects of increasing financial pressures on families.
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Poor sleep quality in adolescence might contribute to poor psychological functioning
Sleep problems affect up to 25% adolescents and have frequently been associated with psychopathology. Now, Marije Vermeulen and colleagues have investigated whether short and/or problematic sleep truly contributes to psychological functioning.
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Does DNA methylation link sleep disturbances to mental health problems?
Sleep disturbances have long been linked to mental health problems in children, but the underlying mechanisms of this relationship are unclear.
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