Assessing Sleep Disorders in an Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit.

Sleep and mental health have a strong relationship. There is a lack of training in Sleep Medicine for Psychiatrists. Sleep problems often accompany mental health issues, especially in children and adolescents on inpatient psychiatry units.

Prazosin in Children and Adolescents With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Who Have Nightmares: A Systematic Review.

Background: The aim of this systematic review was to identify published articles that evaluated the use of prazosin for treating nightmares in children and adolescents who have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Procedures: A literature search was conducted of PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Collaboration, and PsycINFO databases for published articles in any language that evaluated the use of prazosin for treating nightmares in the context of PTSD in children and adolescents using the following key words: PTSD, nightmares, prazosin, children, adolescents, trauma, and sleep.

Results: A total of 9 published articles related to the use of prazosin for treatment of nightmares in PTSD in children and adolescents were identified.