A new behavioural
sleep intervention improves children's ADHD symptoms, sleep and parent mental health.
Not exact matches
A nationally recognized speaker and New York Times Best Selling Author, Dr. Kartzinel has presented medical
interventions that work to
improve the lives of his patients who suffer from many types of medical conditions that include: autism, allergies, inflammatory bowel disease, chronic constipation, chronic diarrhea,
sleep cycle disruptions, and hormonal imbalances.
While these reported
interventions target the infant, other
interventions target the mother - infant interaction48 or the whole family (rather just the mother) 49,50 to
improve parental skills by providing practical parental care techniques (such as
sleeping habits and feeding) in combination with psychoeducation about the postpartum period and mindfulness techniques.48 This set of studies have shown positive results such that maternal depression, anxiety scores48 and baby crying times, 48,50 were reduced.
Randomised controlled trial of behavioural infant
sleep intervention to
improve infant
sleep and maternal mood.
At earlier time points, the authors found that the controlled - crying
intervention prevented depression in mothers and
improved babies»
sleep.
For instance, addressing concerns about infant comfort, choking, and aspiration while the infant is
sleeping prone is helpful.348, 349 Similar
interventions for
improving behavior of medical and nursing staff and child care providers have shown that these professionals have similar concerns about the supine
sleep position.350, — , 353 Primary care providers should be encouraged to develop quality improvement initiatives to
improve adherence with safe
sleep recommendations among their patients.
All
interventions necessary to
improve sleep today are only judged by
sleep duration and by asking people how they feel they have
slept.
In the
intervention group, parenting skills as well as the child's disruptive behaviour, ADHD symptoms, anxiety,
sleep problems and empathy
improved significantly when compared with the control group and the results were permanent throughout the 12 - month follow - up.
Given the findings that blacks in general, and black professionals in particular, are likely to
sleep less than their white counterparts, the authors said that more investigation is needed — both to help explain the disparities and to eventually help tailor
interventions to
improve sleep among those who aren't getting enough.
Ongoing and future studies will show whether
interventions to
improve sleep duration and quality can prevent or even reverse adverse metabolic traits.
The Hospital for Special Surgery study is the first to provide evidence that an
intervention during surgery can
improve outcomes in patients with
sleep apnea who often fare worse than patients without this condition.
«Clinicians assisting in weight - loss
interventions may
improve patient outcomes by discussing
sleep time within a healthy lifestyle
intervention,» the researchers noted.
A new article published online by JAMA Psychiatry reports that adults assigned to receive the fully automated and interactive web - based
Sleep Healthy Using the Internet (SHUTi) intervention had improved sleep compared with those adults just given access to a patient education website with information about inso
Sleep Healthy Using the Internet (SHUTi)
intervention had
improved sleep compared with those adults just given access to a patient education website with information about inso
sleep compared with those adults just given access to a patient education website with information about insomnia.
His current research interests are
sleep / wake disorders after acquired brain injury and issues of cultural diversity that impact rehabilitation outcomes with a strong motivation to
improve neuropsychological testing and cognitive rehabilitation
interventions for Spanish - speakers and other underserved populations.
«Our findings suggest that avoiding
sleep debt could have positive benefits for waistlines and metabolism, and that incorporating
sleep into lifestyle
interventions for weight loss and diabetes might
improve their success,» Taheri added.
The lit review, which focused on 12 separate studies, showed that mind - body
interventions have been able to
improve not only
sleep quality but overall
sleep duration as well.
«Many effective pharmaceuticals, devices, and behavioral
interventions are already available in the clinic for
improving sleep quality,» they wrote, adding that follow - up studies are needed to determine exactly which aspects of
sleep should be
improved in order to delay or diminish Alzheimer's symptoms.
You'd probably think I was running an infomercial if I told you about a simple
intervention that: Reverses memory loss Increases energy levels
Improves sleep quality Up regulates positive genes Down regulates inflammatory genes Reduces stress in patient and caregiver
Improves psychological and spiritual well being Activates significant anatomical areas of the brain Increases telomerase,
These patients also had
improved mood and
sleep.31 Additionally, one study found that
interventions geared towards reducing stress levels in patients with atopic dermatitis were associated with significantly less itching.32
Effective strategies exist for
improving sleep; therefore
sleep health may be a tractable target for early
intervention to attenuate AD pathogenesis.
Studies of plant - based diets have shown, for example, 90 percent reductions in angina attacks within just a few weeks, and plant - based diet
intervention groups have reported
improved digestion, increased energy, and better
sleep, and significant improvement in their physical functioning, general health, vitality, and mental health.
But we're also looking at
sleep education, to see if teaching adolescents about good
sleep practices - how to get
sleep, how to maintain good
sleep, how to deal with stress so that it doesn't interfere with your
sleep — if that
improves sleep and what effect that has on attainment; and also looking to see if these two
interventions combined help the effect.
I offer evidence - based
interventions that can help relieve depression and anxiety, elevate performance at work or school,
improve sleep, overcome addiction, reduce stress at home, and help with communication, connection, and safety in a relationship.»
Monitoring
sleep quality and duration in children as part of their health supervision may help to identify children who are at risk for both
sleep problems and hypertension and who would benefit from behavioral
interventions aimed at
improving sleep.
If
sleep deficits across the school term are found to be a predictor of mental health status in adolescents and, further, if cumulative
sleep deficits are found to be related to increases in mental health problems, then results from this study could be used to develop targeted
sleep intervention programs (trials of which are currently underway with members of this research team) and / or clinic - based
intervention programs that aim to
improve adolescents»
sleep and mental health or even avoid them in the first place.
A Guide to
Improving Sleep for Children with Special Needs (Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 1998), and When Children Don't
Sleep Well:
Interventions for Pediatric
Sleep Disorders, Therapist Guide (Oxford University Press, 2008).
Results showed that early parenting
interventions are effective in
improving parental responsiveness (d = 0.77), and
improving or preventing infant
sleep problems (d = 0.24), but not crying problems (d = 0.27) possibly due to low power.