Chandrika Maddineni, Vrinda Bharadwaj, Sakshi Sukumaran Nair and Aashish Raj T.Y.

Children and adolescents who suffer from mood disorders may benefit from adequate sleep to help develop, progress, and maintain symptoms. Although most existing research on mood disorders is focused on insomnia, other sleep disorders, such as delayed sleep phase, inadequate total sleep duration, and bedtime resistance in younger children, may also contribute to mood disorders. Fortunately, behavioral sleep interventions work well for children and adolescents with sleep disorders, although no FDA-approved medications are available. These behavioral interventions are effective in improving sleep in children and adolescents with depression, and they appear to play an important role in depression treatment outcomes. Currently, there is a scarcity of literature that examines the relationship between bipolar disorders among youth and sleep, addiction to alcohol usage, and how usage of smart phones, internet addiction also affects sleep disorders. Further research is needed to examine the potential impact of sleep interventions on mood episodes in young people.

Published on: March 28, 2025
Citation: Maddineni C, Bharadwaj V, Nair SS, Raj TYA. 2025. A Confront on Sleep Disorders linked to Addiction and Mental Health. J Addict Psychiatry 9(1): 1-7.

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