BACKGROUND Identifying patients with increased risk of suicidal behaviors is a constant challenge and concern for clinicians caring for patients with psychiatric conditions. We conducted a systematic review to assess the association between suicidal behaviors and sleep disturbances in psychiatric patients. METHODS A systematic literature search of Ovid Medline In-Process & Other Non-Indexed C...

The physiologic and psychologic basis of sleep ontogeny during childhood [12] and the clinical and pathophysiological variety of sleep disturbances in children [13] lead to a broad spectrum of disorders summarized in the International Classification of Sleep Disorders (2nd edition 2005, ICSD-2 [3]). Thus, in the practice of pediatric sleep medicine the question arises, how to perform a comprehe...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is rather common, presenting with prevalent early problems in social communication and accompanied by repetitive behavior. As vasopressin was implicated not only salt-water homeostasis stress-axis regulation, but also behavior, its role the development of ASD might be suggested. In this review, we summarized a wide range associated to which contribute, from skills...

Background: Sleep disturbances and disruption of the neural regulation of the sleep-wake rhythm appear to be involved in the cellular and molecular mechanisms of cognitive decline. Although sleep problems are highly prevalent in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and many types of dementia, they have not been systematically investigated in the clinical setting and are often only investigated by sl...

Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS), a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by a microdeletion on chromosomic region 7q11.23, presents with peculiar behavioral and neurocognitive phenotypes that are marked by apparently preserved social and communicative abilities, which contrasts with low overall cognitive and particularly visuospatial performance. In addition, parents often report complaints of slee...

Objective: Sleep dysfunctions are common in schizophrenia, yet few evidence-based guidelines exist for the detection, diagnosis and management of sleep disturbances in this disorder. This critical review paper sought to increase awareness amongst mental health clinicians of sleep problems in schizophrenia, promote better identification of sleep problems, and help clinicians make more informed d...

INTRODUCTION Many studies have reported various levels of association between sleep disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study aims to investigate sleep disturbances in children with ADHD prior to treatment and during treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study recruited 114 child and adolescent patients diagnosed with ADHD and 60 normal patients. Sleep disturba...

introduction: one of the most common complaints in pregnancy is sleep disturbances which can cause depression. depression, too, is one of the most common complaints in pregnancy that can affect mother and fetus and even mother and neonate in postpartum period. therefore this research was accomplished by the objective assessment of relationship between sleep pattern and depression in the third t...

objective: based on pittsburg sleep quality index, it has been reported that most human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) positive patients suffer from various degrees of sleep problems. sleep disorders can affect quality of life, physical and social functioning and can also cause chronic fatigue. some psychological and physiological factors are related to sleep quality. the purpose of the present s...