Circadian rhythm sleep disorders (CRSDs) refer to a family of conditions that occur when an individual’s physiologically preferred timing of sleep is not following the norms of the d...
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 exposure to full ...
Barion A, Zee PC. A clinical approach to circadian rhythm sleep disorders. Sleep Med. 2007;8(6):566–577. [View Abstract on OvidMedline] ...
The tendency to become “night-owlish” with adolescence is, to a large extent, a biologically programmed phenomenon.
DSWPD can be diagnosed with careful history taking and sleep logs; re...
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