From the American Physiological Society press release:<\/p>\n
\nTeenagers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may benefit from more sleep to help them focus, plan and control their emotions<\/strong>. The findings — the first of their kind in young people with ADHD — will be presented today at the American Physiological Society’s (APS) annual meeting at Experimental Biology 2019 in Orlando, Fla.<\/p>\n
\nADHD is one of the most common neurobehavioral disorders among children and adolescents. People with ADHD often have trouble with executive function<\/strong>, which are skills that contribute to being able to focus, pay attention and manage time<\/strong>. Executive function challenges in young people may interfere with academic performance, social skills and emotional development. Previous research has found that a lack of sleep contributes to poorer executive functioning in typically developing adolescents, but teens with ADHD have not been studied.<\/p>\n
Researchers from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center measured executive function in adolescent volunteers with ADHD after two separate sleep trials. The volunteers spent a week in which their sleep was restricted to six and a half hours per night, followed by a week in which they were allowed to sleep up to nine and a half hours each night. After each trial, the research team administered the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, Second Edition (BRIEF2), a widely used measure of executive function in children up to age 18. The BRIEF2 assesses executive function areas such as working memory, planning and organization, emotional control, initiation and inhibition.<\/p>\n
The tests showed significant deficits in all of the assessed areas following the sleep-restriction week as compared to the sleep-extension week. “Increased sleep may significantly [and positively] impact academic, social and emotional functioning in adolescents with ADHD<\/strong>, and sleep may be an important future target for future intervention,” the researchers wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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