In recent years, emotion dysregulation and anxiety sensitivity have been introduced of the most effective factors in sleep disturbance. The purpose of this study was to examine emotion dysregulation and anxiety sensitivity as potential contributor to sleep problems in students. The statistical population of this research consisted of all the Bu-Ali Sina University’s students in the academic yea...

This section of Focus on Child and Adolescent Mental Health presents 3 longitudinal follow-up studies of suicide attempts in youth with first-episode psychosis, sleep problems among adolescents following a disastrous earthquake, and course of mood symptoms (irritability vs elation) in youth with bipolar disorder, as well as a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial that evaluated the efficacy an...

Statistics show that more than 80% of Veterans mention posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)-related symptoms when seeking treatment. Sleep disturbances and nightmares are among the top 3 presenting problems. Current PTSD trauma-focused therapies generally do not improve sleep disturbances. The mantram repetition program (MRP), a mind-body-spiritual intervention, teaches a portable set of cognit...

The authors developed and tested a process model of adaptation to shiftwork, which hypothesizes that various individual and situational variables influence the development of sleep and social and domestic disturbances. Both types of disturbances trigger various types of coping behavior, leading to several proximal outcomes. The end result is the development of chronic health problems in the for...

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) due to adenotonsillar hypertrophy (ATH) is a common and important problem in children. OSAS can lead to significant cardiopulmonary complications, poor growth and problems with learning and behavior. Many studies in the literature show that OSAS due to ATH causes pulmonary hypertension, ventricular hypertrophy and systemic hypertension in the pediatric po...

The association between asthma and sleep disturbances was assessed as part of a community survey of sleep patterns in children aged 4-48 months. A questionnaire covering the area of past and present sleep and settling behaviour, as well as health history and demographic data, was administered to 752 mothers of children visiting 14 well baby clinics. Fifty one (6.8%) of the children who were dia...

OBJECTIVE This study examined whether the association between cortisol secretion and changes in physical health symptoms would depend on other factors in a person's life. The authors expected that physical health effects would emerge particularly when cortisol disturbances co-occur in the context of high levels of trait negative affect or poor sleep. DESIGN Physical symptoms, diurnal cortisol...

Sleep disorders are very prevalent in the general population and are associated with significant medical, psychological, and social disturbances. Insomnia is the most common. When chronic, it usually reflects psychological/behavioral disturbances. Most insomniacs can be evaluated in an office setting, and a multidimensional approach is recommended, including sleep hygiene measures, psychotherap...

In recent years, sleep disturbances have been documented to affect up to thirty percent of the Western hemisphere’s population. Depression, anxiety and stress are the most common causes of sleep disturbances related to sleep-onset and sleep-maintenance difficulties. Sleep disturbances are common in the elderly, apart from psychological causes; they may be caused by side effects of medication or...