Sleeping patterns of Afghan unaccompanied asylum-seeking adolescents: a large observational study.

Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) have experienced multiple traumas and are a high-risk group for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The effects of trauma are known to be associated with sleep problems; indeed sleeping problems are core features of PTSD. However, there has been no syst...

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Main Authors: Israel Bronstein, Paul Montgomery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3573060?pdf=render