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Article: Sleep problems in early childhood may predict substance use during adolescence.(Children in Hospital)
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- Pediatrics for Parents
- Article date:
- June 1, 2004
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Researchers know that there is a connection between insomnia and the subsequent onset of alcohol abuse, nicotine dependence, and drug abuse/dependence in some adults. Recently, a long-term study has found an association between sleep problems in children's toddler years and the chance that they'll use alcohol, cigarettes and drugs early in their teen years.
The study is a part of a family health study that followed 257 boys and their parents for ten years. The relationship between early childhood sleep problems and onset of adolescent substance use held true even after other plausible explanations for the connection, such as depression, aggression, attention ...