Parents and doctors often think about children’s sleep all wrong, says psychologist Jessica Lunsford-Avery. Instead of focusing on quantity of hours, they should pay more attention to quality of rest.

I’ve been interested for a long time in the relationship between ADHD and sleep; particularly in the risk of misdiagnosis of ADHD for what may be sleep problems. In both adults and children with ADHD, ...

Researchers from the University of Southampton and the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience examined data from an online sleep survey based in the Netherlands to find links between ADHD traits and ...

Sleep difficulties both stem from and magnify symptoms of ADHD. Although primary sleep disorders, such as obstructive sleep apnea, may co-exist with ADHD (or, at times, be mistaken for ADHD), many ...

April 28, 2009 — Inadequate sleep in children appears to be an independent risk factor for behavioral symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The link between sleep disorders and subsequent neuropsychiatric disorders was stronger among children with vs.

Do you snore? Have trouble staying asleep? Wake up tired? You are not alone! Almost 39 million men and women in the U.S. suffer from sleep apnea. But it’s not a problem impacting only adults. Up to 5% ...

Many people with ADHD find it difficult to focus, suffer from anxiety and have low self-esteem. Bulat Silvia/iStock via Getty Images Plus Imagine that it’s 4:59 p.m., only one minute before your ...

A report from the CDC calls attention to telehealth's role in treatment and how ADHD has shifted from a childhood-only problem. Jessica was a writer on the Wellness team, with a focus on health ...