The Role of Sleep in Teenagers; New Episode of "Psychiatry Advances"
May 6, 2020
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Peter Franzen PhD, is associate director for education of the University of Pittsburgh Sleep and Chronobiology Center. This episode discusses teenagers shortened sleep during critical high school years, when teenagers must attend school at early times. These sleep changes affect teenager reactivity, emotion, stress, pleasure, cognition, and substance use. Consequent to sleep research findings this episode also discusses controversial school based interventions to prevent negative outcomes.
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