INSOMNIA IN ADOLESCENCE

MECHANISMS AND TREATMENTS

FOR A SUBTLE CONDITION
INTRODUCTION

 7% of teenagers in Europe and 9-20%

 of teenagers in the USA

 Determining the risk factors

 Thourough understanding of insomnia mechanisms =>

effective therapy
MATERIALS & METHODS

 10 studies centered on insomnia’s

development among groups of
adolescents

 Stress stemming from their psychological response to

their daily schedule

 Connections between the most common causes of

insomnia
RESULTS

 Importance of sleep interventions for mental health

improvement

 Pharmacological treatment as a side therapy

CONCLUSIONS

 Which biopsychosocial mechanisms are significant?

 When do they appear?

Questions
needing an
 How do they interact? answer

 Are there gender differences?

 Behavioral sleep interventions – moulded on the

patient’s personality
TAKE HOME MESSAGES

 Respecting the sleeping schedule

 Designing a sleeping-friendly space

 Before 11 a.m.!!!
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