The experience of sleep problems for adolescents with depression in short-term psychological therapy

Jernslett, Maria, Thackeray, Lisa, Orchard, Faith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5324-5007 and Midgley, Nick (2021) The experience of sleep problems for adolescents with depression in short-term psychological therapy. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 26 (4). pp. 938-953. ISSN 1359-1045

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Abstract

A growing body of literature demonstrates a strong relationship between sleep disturbances and depression in adolescence. In spite of this, few studies have explored how adolescents with depression experience sleep problems. The present study aimed to qualitatively explore the experience of sleep problems in adolescents with depression, including their understanding of how a psychological therapy impacted on these sleep difficulties. The sample included 12 adolescents with sleep disturbances who had been offered treatment for depression through a large, multi-centre, randomised controlled trial. Semi-structured interviews conducted after treatment and 1-year post treatment were analysed using thematic analysis. Two main themes were identified. Both themes demonstrated how an overarching desire to escape impacted the adolescents’ sleep in distinct ways; ‘thinking about the ‘bad stuff’’ was characterised by ruminative thinking, which prevented sleep, whereas ‘sleep as an escape’ indicated a desire to sleep excessively due to feelings of helplessness. Overall, the findings demonstrate a nuanced relationship between sleep and depression in adolescence, and imply that the underlying meaning of the sleep difficulties for each young person should be considered in the delivery of therapy for adolescent depression.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2021.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	adolescence,depression,qualitative,sleep,therapy,pediatrics, perinatology, and child health,clinical psychology,psychiatry and mental health,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2735
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Related URLs:	http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?... http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/98060/
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	22 Aug 2024 10:30
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2024 18:03
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/96318
DOI:	10.1177/13591045211006157

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