Sleep, emotional and behavioral difficulties in children and adolescents

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-136

  Gregory, Alice M ^a   Sadeh, Avi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Behavioral; Child; Emotional; Externalising; Internalising; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84856770583     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: 15322955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2011.03.007     Document Type: Review

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