The relationship between sleep and depression and bipolar disorder in children and young people.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sleep difficulties are often reported in practice, and are part of the diagnostic criteria for depression and bipolar disorder.

Aims

To inform the understanding of the relationship between sleep and both depression and bipolar disorder.

Method

We conducted a narrative literature review of affective disorders and sleep difficulties in children and young people.

Results

Specific sleep disorders, such as parasomnias, narcolepsy and sleep-related movement disorders, are associated with depression, whereas insomnia, obstructive sleep apnoea and circadian rhythm disorders are associated with both depression and bipolar disorder in children and young people. Conversely, children and young people with depression can present with a number of sleep difficultie

SUBMITTER: Comsa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8811784 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature