BIRMINGHAM: Children who get less sleep than other children are more likely to develop psychosis in early childhood, according to a new study.
Psychosis is a mental condition in which a person’s connection with reality is broken and it is difficult to recognize reality and sometimes things are seen and heard that are not in the observation of a normal person.
Researchers from the University of Birmingham studied the sleep duration data of children aged six months to seven years.
The study found that children who regularly got a few hours of sleep were twice as likely to develop psychotic problems in early childhood and nearly four times more likely to have psychotic episodes than those who got plenty of sleep. are
Study lead author Dr. Isabel Muriels-Munoz said it’s common for children to experience sleep problems in childhood, but it’s important to know when a child may need help.
He said that sometimes sleep can cause persistent and chronic problems, and this is where the connection to childhood mental illness can be seen.
