Originally published July 2013. Last reviewed/updated by Craig Canapari, MD in May 2024.
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Originally published April 2015. Last reviewed/updated by Craig Canapari, MD in May 2024.Here is the recording of the talk I gave 4/1/15 with Terra Ziporyn Snider at Yale Grand Rounds. Unfortunately the sound quality is not the best. Here are our slides: Terra Adolescent crisis slides Canapari Adolescent Crisis slides Also here are some of the…
Originally published December 2014. Last reviewed/updated by Craig Canapari, MD in May 2024.Sleep deprivation in teens is at epidemic levels in this country. A recent study was published by the Centers for Disease Control on the amount of time that teenagers get on an average school night. Students were surveyed over school years from 2007–2013….
Originally published July 2017. Last reviewed/updated by Craig Canapari, MD in May 2024.Teenagers are more sleep deprived than ever before— about 85% don’t get enough sleep at night. There are lots of reasons for this: excessive homework, too early school start times, and the intrusion of the internet into the bedroom. Here are some of…
Originally published October 2013. Last reviewed/updated by Craig Canapari, MD in May 2024.The American Sleep Medicine Foundation held a contest for teenagers to put together a short film about sleep. The winner was Jasper Lown, a senior in high school in Chicago. There’s a number of things I like about Jasper’s video: The editing is…
Originally published March 2021. Last reviewed/updated by Craig Canapari, MD in December 2025. Look, whether you’re working or you’re a student these days, unfortunately, online classes, online meetings are just the fact of life. And many of my patients have been struggling with sleepiness staying awake during online school. Some of my colleagues. I know…
Originally published August 2015. Last reviewed/updated by Craig Canapari, MD in May 2024. Today the Centers for Disease Control published the results of an annual survey of over 39,000 schools in the United States. They add to the growing chorus of voices advocating for later school start times for middle and high school age students….
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