Sleep in Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: a Controlled Polysomnographic Study Including Spectral Analysis of the Sleep EEG - Concepedia

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Sleep in Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: a Controlled Polysomnographic Study Including Spectral Analysis of the Sleep EEG

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2005

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Alexandra Philipsen, Bernd Feige, Bernd Heßlinger, Dieter Ebert, Christine Carl, Magdolna Hornyak, Klaus Lieb, Ulrich Voderholzer, Dieter Riemann

Abstract

Similar to children, adults with ADHD show increased nocturnal motor activity. Otherwise, sleep does not seem to be impaired in ADHD patients. However, the dissociation between objective and subjective sleep parameters points to a misinterpretation of sleep quality in patients with ADHD.