Adverse Childhood Experiences and Insufficient Sleep

Sarah Forthal¹, Susan Lin², Keely Cheslack-Postava³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology (S Forthal), Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY; Global Psychiatric Epidemiology Group (S Forthal, S Lin, and K Cheslack-Postava), Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University-New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY.
² Global Psychiatric Epidemiology Group (S Forthal, S Lin, and K Cheslack-Postava), Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University-New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY.
³ Global Psychiatric Epidemiology Group (S Forthal, S Lin, and K Cheslack-Postava), Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University-New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY. Electronic address: Keely.Cheslack@nyspi.columbia.edu.

PMID: 39551465
PMCID: PMC11842192 (available on 2026-03-01)
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2024.102606

Review

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Insufficient Sleep

Sarah Forthal et al. Acad Pediatr. 2025 Mar.

. 2025 Mar;25(2):102606.

doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2024.102606. Epub 2024 Nov 15.

Authors

Sarah Forthal¹, Susan Lin², Keely Cheslack-Postava³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology (S Forthal), Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY; Global Psychiatric Epidemiology Group (S Forthal, S Lin, and K Cheslack-Postava), Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University-New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY.
² Global Psychiatric Epidemiology Group (S Forthal, S Lin, and K Cheslack-Postava), Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University-New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY.
³ Global Psychiatric Epidemiology Group (S Forthal, S Lin, and K Cheslack-Postava), Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University-New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY. Electronic address: Keely.Cheslack@nyspi.columbia.edu.

PMID: 39551465
PMCID: PMC11842192 (available on 2026-03-01)
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2024.102606

No abstract available

Keywords: adolescents; adverse childhood experiences; children; sleep.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Competing Interest The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Cited by

Cultural Approaches to Addressing Sleep Deprivation and Improving Sleep Health in Japan: Sleep Issues Among Children and Adolescents Rooted in Self-Sacrifice and Asceticism.
Kohyama J. Kohyama J. Children (Basel). 2025 Apr 27;12(5):566. doi: 10.3390/children12050566. Children (Basel). 2025. PMID: 40426745 Free PMC article. Review.

References

1. Madigan S, Deneault AA, Racine N, et al. Adverse childhood experiences: a meta-analysis of prevalence and moderators among half a million adults in 206 studies. World Psychiatry. 2023;22:463–471. - PMC - PubMed
1. Nelson CA, Bhutta ZA, Harris NB, Danese A, Samara M. Adversity in childhood is linked to mental and physical health throughout life. BMJ. 2020;371. - PMC - PubMed
1. Ramar K, Malhotra RK, Carden KA, et al. Sleep is essential to health: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement. J Clin Sleep Med. 2021;17:2115–2119. - PMC - PubMed
1. Lin SX, Bresnahan M, Amsel L, McReynolds L, Cheslack-Postava K, Hoven CW. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and insufficient sleep among U.S. children and adolescents. Academic Pediatrics. 2022;22(6):965–971. - PMC - PubMed
1. Guo X, Lin L, Qin K, Li J, Chen W, Guo VY. Adverse childhood experiences and depressive symptoms among middle-aged or older adults in China and the mediating role of short sleep duration. J Affect Disord. 2023;340:711–718. - PubMed

Publication types

Actions

Grants and funding

T32 MH013043/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources
- ClinicalKey
- Elsevier Science

Save citation to file

Email citation

Add to Collections

Add to My Bibliography

Your saved search

Create a file for external citation management software

Your RSS Feed

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Insufficient Sleep

Affiliations

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Insufficient Sleep

Authors

Affiliations

Conflict of interest statement

Similar articles

Cited by

References

Publication types

Grants and funding

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources