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The impairment of pediatric bipolar sleep: hypotheses regarding a core defect and phenotype-specific sleep disturbances.
Journal of affective disorders - 1 Jun 2008
Staton Dennis
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BACKGROUND: The nature of the sleep disturbances associated with different phenotypes of pediatric bipolar disorder is unknown. Most manic children exhibit delayed sleep onset, but only a minority display decreased need for sleep. The DSM-IV manic sleep criterion is inadequate. METHOD: All published studies of the sleep characteristics of bipolar children and adolescents are reviewed. Relevant studies of...
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