Circadian rhythm sleep disorders (CRSDs) are a family of conditions that occur when an individual's preferred timing of sleep is at odds with commitments to job, school, family, or s...
People with DSWPD report both sleep initiation insomnia and excessive sleepiness in the daytime. They do not initiate sleep until 2 to 6 hours later than normative sleep times, and th...
The goal of treatment in DSWPD is to help the individual consistently initiate sleep at an earlier time. The principal therapies that advance sleep onset are properly timed light and melaton...
Barion A, Zee PC. A clinical approach to circadian rhythm sleep disorders. Sleep Med. 2007;8(6):566–577.
Kanathur N, Harrington J, Lee-Chiong TJr. Circadian rhythm sleep disord...
The tendency to become “night-owlish” with adolescence is, to a large extent, a biologically programmed phenomenon, not strictly a behavioral choice. Enlightened public policy would re...
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