Psychology paper about Melatonin in Children and Adolescents with Insomnia: A Retrospective Study

TITLE: Melatonin in Children and Adolescents with Insomnia: A Retrospective Study Ivanenko, A, Crabtree, V.M., Tauman, R., Gozal, D. PURPOSE: A similar study done by Smits showed that doses of melatonin demonstrated its effectiveness on wise healthy children with chronic insomnia. Therefore Ivanenko conducted a retrospective study to examine the potential benefits of melatonin in adolescents and children with chronic sleep onset and maintenance insomnia. HYPOTHESIS: Ivanenko et al. predicted there would be positive …

…of melatonin is beneficial for treating chronic sleeping disorders of children. PERSONAL OPINION: The topic of this article is related to the book according to chapter four under "The study of sleep" (p.141-156). I think this article was very interesting in uncovering another side of sleep disorders and the use of melatonin to suppress them. This article was clear with the exception of a few words that were too big for me to understand.