Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in School-Aged Children and Adolescents

Julia Dewald-Kaufmann; Ed de Bruin; Gradisar Michael

doi:10.1016/j.jsmc.2022.06.003

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in School-Aged Children and Adolescents

Sleep Med Clin. 2022 Sep;17(3):355-365. doi: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2022.06.003.

Authors

Julia Dewald-Kaufmann¹, Ed de Bruin², Gradisar Michael³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstr. 7, Munich 80336, Germany; Hochschule Fresenius, University of Applied Sciences, Infanteriestr. 11a, Munich 80797, Germany. Electronic address: Julia.dewald-kaufmann@hs-fresenius.de.
² Research Institute of Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 127, Amsterdam 1018 WS, the Netherlands.
³ School of Psychology, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia.

PMID: 36150799
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2022.06.003

Abstract

One of the most prevalent sleep disorders in children and adolescents is "insomnia," which can be briefly described as problems with initiating and/or maintaining sleep with associated daytime consequences. These are typical insomnia symptoms, and when experienced for long enough and when they interfere with an important area of the young person's life (eg, schooling), then a diagnosis of an insomnia disorder may be warranted. The authors strongly urge the scientific community to conduct further controlled trials, including dismantling trials that evaluate the relative effectiveness of individual cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia components.

Keywords: Adolescents; Children; Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-i); Insomnia; Sleep problems.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy*
Humans
Sleep
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders* / therapy
Treatment Outcome