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Teen Sleeping Issues

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For parents constantly struggling to get their teen out of bed, despite their many efforts, chances are your teen is not getting enough sleep and have developed sleeping issues as a result of overwhelming fatigue. According to recent studies, teenagers should receive nine to nine and a half hours of sleep every night in order to perform at their best throughout the day. Unfortunately, overloaded schedules prevent many teens from getting the sleep their developing bodies need. The demands of school, extracurricular activities, jobs, social life, and leisure activities result in the majority of teens sleeping for roughly six, maybe seven, hours a night. A consistent lack of sleep often times results in fatigue. Fatigue causes high irritability and may cause extreme emotional distress within a sleep deprived teen. A fatigued and emotionally distressed teen may begin to struggle with maintaining their school performance, family relationships, social relationships, and other obligations. At this point, teens are prone to multiple mental health disorders and may begin acting out in ways that are disruptive to the lives of everyone around them.

There are multiple treatment options available for troubled teens who have developed behavioral and/or mental health issues as a result of an accumulative lack of sleep.

During sleep, hormones are released to promote growth and development in teens. It's vitally important that teens receive plenty of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep in order to boost their learning and memorizing abilities. Lacking sleep can make staying awake in school a difficult task for teenagers. It can also make them moody, lethargic, and unable to concentrate on important activities, like driving. The solution to sleeping issues in teens is not as simple as enforcing an eight o'clock bedtime. A teenager's biological clock ticks differently than those of a children and adults. If a teen tends to stay up late and get up late, it's because of their internal clock.

Therapy Insider Serves Parents and Families of Troubled Teens who are Struggling with Teen Sleeping Issues

In some cases a teen's biological clock is not the only reason for excessive sleeping. Excessive sleeping may be a sign of potential drug and/or substance abuse or even depression. In this case, it is recommended that parents utilize the child placement services offered by Therapy Insider. The child placement experts at Therapy Insider have years of experience in matching troubled teens with a wide-range of behavioral and mental health disorders with the perfect therapeutic service or treatment program for them. Parents seeking alternatives for the treatment of troubled teens can rest assured that Therapy Insider's child placement experts will provide them with suitable and effective treatment options.