Using Chronotherapy To Treat Severe Sleep Problems: A Case Study

Using Chronotherapy To Treat Severe Sleep Problems: A Case Study

Chronotherapy was used to treat severe sleep problems in a girl with mental retardation. Chronotherapy involved systematically delaying the child's bedtime each night while maintaining a regular schedule during waking hours until an age-appropriate bedtime was achieved (in 11 days). Immediate i...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of mental retardation 1998-01, Vol.102 (4), p.358-366
Hauptverfasser: Piazza, Cathleen C, Hagopian, Louis P, Hughes, Colleen R, Fisher, Wayne W
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Behavior Patterns
Behavior Problems
Biological and medical sciences
Case Studies
Child
Children
Chronotherapy
Female
Humans
Intervention
Maintenance
Male
Medical sciences
Mental Retardation
Miscellaneous
Outcomes of Treatment
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Severity of Illness Index
Sleep
Sleep Wake Disorders - therapy
Therapy
Treatments
Wakefulness
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Zusammenfassung:Chronotherapy was used to treat severe sleep problems in a girl with mental retardation. Chronotherapy involved systematically delaying the child's bedtime each night while maintaining a regular schedule during waking hours until an age-appropriate bedtime was achieved (in 11 days). Immediate improvements in the child's sleep patterns were observed, which were maintained at follow up at 4 months. (Author/DB)
ISSN:0895-8017
1943-362X
DOI:10.1352/0895-8017(1998)102<0358:UCTTSS>2.0.CO;2