Editorial: Time to Wake Up: Appreciating the Role of Sleep in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Martijn Arns; Madelon Aimee Vollebregt

doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2018.10.013

Editorial: Time to Wake Up: Appreciating the Role of Sleep in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2019 Apr;58(4):398-400. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2018.10.013. Epub 2019 Feb 2.

Authors

Martijn Arns¹, Madelon Aimee Vollebregt²

Affiliations

¹ Research Institute Brainclinics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: martijn@brainclinics.com.
² Research Institute Brainclinics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen.

PMID: 30768390
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2018.10.013

Abstract

We spend approximately a third of our lives sleeping, and many DSM-IV and DSM-5 disorders have sleep problems listed as diagnostic features and are often considered "comorbidities." However, very little is known about the role sleep problems play in the etiology of psychiatric disorders such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / epidemiology*
Comorbidity
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Humans
Sleep
Sleep Wake Disorders / epidemiology*