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. The results of the survey were alarming, even to those of us […]
Sleep Deprivation and ADHD in the New York Times
This past weekend, an article entitled, “Diagnosing the Wrong Deficit,” , a psychiatrist named Vatsal Thakkar writes about the relationship between sleep disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in both children and adults. This is a great article and I would recommend that you read the whole thing. I especially appreciate his sharing his own diagnosis […]
Too Much Homework, Too Little Sleep: Structural Sleep Deprivation in Teens
NOTE: The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended school start times no earlier than 8:30 for teens. Read more here. A few years ago, I had a sixteen year old come into sleep clinic for insomnia. He was a hard-working student in a good school district. I asked him to describe his sleep problems to me. […]