3.50 Psychiatric Emergency Evaluations Increase After Daylight Saving Time in Children and Adolescents

Data suggest that sleep loss negatively impacts children and adolescents. A 1-hour sleep restriction for 5 consecutive days significantly worsens the emotional lability and impulsivity in children, whereas a mild sleep extension of approximately 30 minutes improved both dimensions when compared with...

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Published inJournal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Vol. 57; no. 10; p. S198
Main Authors Baroni, Argelinda, Agraharkar, Shilpa M., Castellanos, Francisco Xavier, Gerson, Ruth
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore Elsevier Inc 01.10.2018
Elsevier BV
Subjects
Adolescents
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Children
Daylight
Emergency medical care
Impulsive behavior
Impulsivity
Lability
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health care
Road accidents
Sleep deprivation
Sleep disorders
Suicide
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Summary:Data suggest that sleep loss negatively impacts children and adolescents. A 1-hour sleep restriction for 5 consecutive days significantly worsens the emotional lability and impulsivity in children, whereas a mild sleep extension of approximately 30 minutes improved both dimensions when compared with baseline. Similar results are reported in adolescents following sleep restriction. Even more concerning is the association between sleep disturbances and suicidality. Although the sleep loss that follows daylight saving time (DST) is associated with negative health consequences (eg, increases in motor vehicle accidents), few investigations have studied whether DST affects mental health disorders.
ISSN:0890-8567
1527-5418
DOI:10.1016/j.jaac.2018.09.208