Termination of short term melatonin treatment in children with delayed Dim Light Melatonin Onset: Effects on sleep, health, behavior problems, and parenting stress

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 875-879

  Van Maanen, Annette ^a   Meijer, Anne Marie ^a   Smits, Marcel G ^b   Oort, Frans J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GELDERSE VALLEI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Children; Health; Melatonin; Parenting stress; Sleep; Termination

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ACTIMETRY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIM LIGHT MELATONIN ONSET; DETERIORATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; PARENT; PARENTAL STRESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP ONSET; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP TIME; TREATMENT DURATION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MELATONIN; PARENTING; PARENTS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 79960377179     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.03.019     Document Type: Article

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