[Sleep disorders and child and adolescent psychiatric illnesses].

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As a symptom of many psychiatric disorders of childhood and adolescence, sleep disturbances often complicate the course and treatment of the underlying disorder. A somatic aetiology, e.g., as in Kleine-Levin syndrome or narcolepsy, may lead to diagnostic misinterpretations. It is not clear whether specific alterations of sleep architecture already exist in this age group and are thus trait markers for psychiatric...

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