Treatment efficacy in behavioral pediatric sleep medicine

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 587-597

  Kuhn, Brett R ^a   Elliott, Amy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior management; Children; Parenting; Pediatric; Sleep; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANGER; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EDUCATION; EMPIRICISM; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LITERATURE; NIGHTMARE; PARASOMNIA; PARENT; REVIEW; RHYTHMIC MOVEMENT DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WALKING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; PARENTING; SLEEP DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141560619     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00061-8     Document Type: Article

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