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Psychiatric Disorders

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It is well documented that sleep, although not necessarily part of a diagnostic criteria of a psychiatric disorder, often gives an indication that other symptoms are present and that a psychiatric evaluation should be conducted. Duration and quality of sleep are part of a routine psychiatric review of systems in children as well as adults; this should be no different in individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Disruptions in sleep may have a significant effect in daily life including mood, ability to participate in education, seizure threshold, and family well-being and in turn may exacerbate psychiatric symptoms. Therefore, it is important to establish if the sleep-wake problems are part of the primary neurologic/neurodevelopmental process or secondary to a psychiatric comorbidity

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Aditi Kantipuly, Carmen López-Arvizu & Elaine Tierney

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    Carmen López-Arvizu & Elaine Tierney

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Kantipuly, A., López-Arvizu, C., Tierney, E. (2019). Psychiatric Disorders. In: Accardo, J. (eds) Sleep in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98414-8_24

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