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New Information on How Childhood Sleep Quality Affects Mental Health

Home > Patient Care > New Information on How Childhood Sleep Quality Affects Mental Health

New Information on How Childhood Sleep Quality Affects Mental Health

September 10, 2020

There is an abundance of evidence pointing to the importance of sleep for our overall health and well-being. While lack of sleep has been linked to mental health disorders, there are several outstanding questions regarding the specific relationships between sleep and psychiatric diseases.

One new study, published in JAMA Psychiatry, has helped to clarify some aspects of how sleep can affect our mental health. Specifically, this new study has shown that sleep problems in childhood can increase the risk for  psychosis and borderline personality disorder  in adolescence.

This study involved analyzing data from nearly 14,000 participants for whom longitudinal data over more than 13 years were available. Sleep information was reported by parents and included data on the regularity of children’s sleep routines, how long children slept each night, how frequently children awoke in the night, and children’s bedtimes at various ages ranging from infancy to nearly 6 years old.

Between the ages of 11 and 13, children were evaluated for psychotic experiences and borderline personality disorder. Psychotic experiences were identified through the use of the Psychosis-Like Symptom interview, whereas the likelihood of suffering from borderline personality disorder was assessed using  the U.K. Childhood Interview for DSM-IV Borderline Personality Disorder.

Of the 13,488 study participants, 7.155 reported psychotic symptoms, and 6.333 reported symptoms of borderline personality disorder. Those who had irregular sleep routines at the ages of 6 months and 2.5 years were more likely to suffer psychotic experiences in adolescence, as were those who woke up more frequently in the night at the age of 1.5 years.

While much more data are needed to understand the specific role of sleep in the development of mental health disorders like psychosis and personality disorders – and particularly in how different metrics of sleep quality may relate to mental health risks – these data corroborate the importance of sleep in mental health. Additional research in this area can help pediatricians, family physicians, and parents identify children as risk for mental health challenges.

 

Reference

Morales-Munoz, I., Broome, M.R., & Marwaha, S. (2020). Association of parent-reported sleep problems in early childhood with psychotic and borderline personality disorder symptoms in adolescence. JAMA Psychiatry,doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.1875

Filed Under: Best Practice, General, Patient Care Tagged With: Hospital Physician, Hospital Physicians, Hospitalist Physician, JAMA Psychiatry, Mental Health, Pediatrics, Sleep disturbances

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