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Article: Studies quantify treatment of insomnia in children.(News)(Clinical report)
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- Clinical Psychiatry News
- Article date:
- April 1, 2007
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NEW YORK -- The use of sleep medications in children is considerable in clinical practice in inpatient and outpatient settings, data from two new studies show.
A survey of 1,271 practicing child psychiatrists indicates that 25% of school-age and 30% of adolescent outpatients with primary insomnia are being treated with sleep medication.
"Even 17% of preschoolers are being treated," Dr. Judith Owens said at a psychopharmacology update sponsored by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Survey respondents were members of AACAP who reported seeing a median of 70 children per month, most of them aged 6 years or older. They indicated that insomnia was ...
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