Sleep Conditions We Treat

Sleep problems can be categorized as those that are behavioral and those that are medical in nature.

Recently updated: SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Expansion of Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment(.pdf)

Behavioral Sleep Conditions

• Bedtime resistance and fears
• Early morning risers
• Excessive daytime drowsiness
• Insomnia
• Nightmares
• Nighttime awakenings, from a need to be held or need to be fed
• Night terrors
• Sleepwalking

Medical Sleep Conditions

• Adolescents: insomnia or inability to fall asleep at regular time
• Apparent-Life-Threatening-Event (ALTE), previously called near-miss SIDS
• Chronic lung disease
• Circadian Rhythm Disorder
• Daytime sleepiness
• Narcolepsy (link to American Academy of Sleep Medicine website)
• Restless sleep
• Rhythmic Movement Disorder (link to American Academy of Sleep Medicine website)
• Sleep disordered breathing, pauses in breathing
• Sleep Apnea (learn about CPAP treatment for Sleep Apnea)
• Sleep Starts
• Snoring