Janet C. Lam, MHS, MD University of Maryland, 737 West Lombard Street, First Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Curr Treat Options Neurol. 2007 Nov;9(6):404-13. doi: 10.1007/s11940-007-0042-1.
Sleep disorders can have a significant impact on the growth and development of children. Behavioral intervention is the first step in the management of many sleep disorders. Limit-setting is particularly challenging in younger children but must be consistent. Good sleep hygiene practices must be emphasized to adolescents as well. Indeed, good sleep hygiene is an important intervention for the entire family. There is an emerging development of pharmacologic treatments for sleep disorders. However, as with most medications used for children, there is a paucity of drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for sleep in children due to the limited number of pediatric clinical trials. As a result, most of what is prescribed has been extrapolated from adult studies and is based on clinical experience.
睡眠障碍会对儿童的生长发育产生重大影响。行为干预是治疗许多睡眠障碍的第一步。限制设置在年幼的孩子中特别具有挑战性，但必须保持一致。还必须向青少年强调良好的睡眠卫生习惯。事实上，良好的睡眠卫生是整个家庭的重要干预措施。针对睡眠障碍的药物治疗方法正在不断发展。然而，与大多数用于儿童的药物一样，由于儿科临床试验数量有限，美国食品和药物管理局批准的用于儿童睡眠的药物很少。因此，大多数开的药物都是从成人研究中推断出来的，并基于临床经验。
