Dahl R E, Puig-Antich J
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Pediatrician. 1990;17(1):32-7.
Symptoms of sleep disturbances are commonly associated with child and adolescent psychopathology. There has been considerable interest (both clinical and research) in sleep in relation to major depressive disorder, attention deficit disorder, and Tourette's syndrome. Despite evidence of subjective sleep disturbances, objective physiological studies (for the most part) have not produced clear, specific evidence of sleep disruption which is of clinical benefit at this time. The reasons for this may be due to the technical limitations of measuring sleep which may be unable to reliably detect subtle differences or may be due to maturational factors which protect the sleep of children and mask these findings. The interaction between the regulation of sleep and clinical disorders of affect, arousal, and behavior in children and adolescents appears to be a promising field for future research.
睡眠障碍症状通常与儿童和青少年的精神病理学相关。在睡眠与重度抑郁症、注意力缺陷障碍和图雷特综合征的关系方面（临床和研究领域）已有相当多的关注。尽管有主观睡眠障碍的证据，但客观生理学研究（在很大程度上）目前尚未产生对临床有益的明确、具体的睡眠中断证据。其原因可能是测量睡眠的技术局限性，可能无法可靠地检测到细微差异，或者可能是由于成熟因素保护了儿童的睡眠并掩盖了这些发现。儿童和青少年睡眠调节与情感、觉醒及行为的临床障碍之间的相互作用似乎是未来研究的一个有前景的领域。
