Behavioural and cognitive-behavioural interventions for sleep disorders in infants and children: A review

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 281-302

  Owens, Laurence J ^b   France, Karyn G ^b   Wiggs, Luci ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Behavioural intervention; Cognitive behavioural intervention; Dyssomnias; Infants and children; Parasomnias; Prevention; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; INSOMNIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP WALKING;

EID: 0343750707     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/smrv.1999.0082     Document Type: Article

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