Sleep is a learnt skill. While some babies learn to go to sleep easily, others need more help.
- Principal Fellow, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne
Children are removed from families and placed in care when we think they are being harmed or their needs neglected. But data shows the vast majority aren’t getting recommended health care.
Those least likely to get professional help for their mental health conditions were girls, younger children, and children from non-English-speaking backgrounds.
Rates of ADHD medications prescribed for children have gone up by 30% in three years. But our research found only one in four children who meet ADHD criteria are taking medication.
Poorer children in Australia are less likely to receive their share of Medicare funding, particularly in the first years of life.
Children with ADHD are much more likely than other kids to struggle getting to sleep, and staying asleep. Up to 73% of Australian parents report their child with ADHD has problems sleeping.
Before we can understand night terrors and nightmares, we need to understand normal sleep.
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