Insomnia and Anxiety May Be Linked in Individuals with ASDs

• By: Margaret C. Souders, PhD, CRNP University of Pennsylvania
• October 1st, 2012
• arousal dysregulation, Behavioral Intervention, child development, insomnia, research, sleep, sleep health, sleep problems
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More than half of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) also experience clinically significant problems with anxiety (Sukhodolsky et al., 2008). New research conducted at the Center for Autism Research (CAR) at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania...